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ID:     BMC_Parthia_30-3
Type:     Ancient East
Region:     Parthia
Issuer:     Pacorus II
Date Ruled:     (A.D. 78-105)
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Tetradrachm
Struck / Cast:     Struck
Date Struck:     82 to 82
Weight:     14.21 g
Obverse Description:     bust facing, head left with incipient beard wearing diadem and spiral torque with no visible end; four waves in hair covering ear; hair above diadem as vertical lines; no wart; behind head, Greek letter Α; circular border of pellets
Reverse Description:     male wearing diadem left on horseback, extending right hand; to his left, Tyche stands right presenting diadem in right hand, holding scepter in left; behind Tyche, a male holding untied diadem; above diadem, Greek letters ΓϘΤ; in exergue, Greek letters Γ
Date On Coin:     393 ΓϘΤ ΥΠΕΡ
Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris
Primary Reference:     Sellwood 75.1
Reference2:     BMC Parthia, p.195, 14; plate 30, no. 3 (Pacorus II)
Photograph Credit:     BMC Parthia (Wroth, Catalogue of the Coins of Parthia)
Source:     http://parthia.com
Special Comments:     PDC 20543 Wroth saw this as a beardless portrait
Notes:     219.3 grains. Curr Collection: British Museum Prev collection: Claude Stewart