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ID:     591584
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Artabanus I
Date Ruled:     (127-124 B.C.)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Date Struck:     BC 125-124
Weight:     16.13 g
Obverse Description:     bearded bust right wearing diadem, hair arranged in concentric waves; circular reel and pellet border
Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ
Reverse Description:     Demeter enthroned left, in extended right hand holds Nike, who crowns her to right, below arm Greek letter Θ; in left hand, cornucopia with fruits; nereid supporting throne; monogram [~] in field left; in exergue, Greek letters ΗΠΡ where Η is cut over Π; no border; two-line Greek inscription
Date On Coin:     188 ΗΠΡ
Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 21.2 variant (Η cut over Π)
Reference2:     Le Rider, Suse pl. lxxi, 10
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=16298
Special Comments:     PDC 12361
Grade:     Good VF, faint scratches in fields
Notes:     Triton V (15 Jan 2002), lot 1584. The H in the date was originally cut as a P