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ID:     1750148
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Osroes II
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 190)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Drachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Diameter:     20 mm
Weight:     3.82 g
Obverse Description:     bust left with long pointed beard wearing diadem and tiara with earflap decorated round crest with pellets on stalks, vertical row of pellets on side; pendants shown as four lines; segmented necklet; no wart; no earring; circular border of pellets
Reverse Description:     beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; below bow, monogram [~]; above bow, no pellet; archer's foot shown as – or Greek letter Λ; four-line Greek inscription (L85i); above, one-line Aramaic inscription; no border
Mint:     Ecbatana
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 85.3
Reference2:     Shore 439
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=113150
Special Comments:     PDC 47198
Grade:     EF, darkly toned
Notes:     CNG E-Auction 175 (24 Oct 2007), lot 148. Attractive compact portrait, fully visible on the flan.