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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     83000756      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Ancient East Region:     Parthia Issuer:     Pacorus II Date Ruled:     (A.D. 78-105) Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Tetradrachm Struck / Cast:     Struck Date Struck:     AD 77-78 Weight:     12.97 g Die Axis:     12 h Obverse Description:     bust with short beard left wearing diadem and spiral torque with no visible end; four waves in hair cover ear, hair above diadem as vertical lines; no wart; behind head, Greek letter Α; circular border of pellets Reverse Legend:     ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΠΑΚΟΡΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΣΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΣΛΛΗΝΟΣ Reverse Description:     male wearing diadem seated left on throne, extending right hand, grasping hilt of sword in left; to his left, Tyche stands right presenting diadem in right hand, holding scepter in left; above diadem, Greek letters ΘΠΤ; horizontal bar on throne back; in exergue, Greek letters illegible in only known example; seven-line Greek inscription (L73i); no border Date On Coin:     389 ΘΠΤ [ΔΥΣΤΡΟΥ or ΥΠΕΡΒ?] Mint:     Seleucia on the Tigris Primary Reference:     Sellwood 73.1-2 variant (short beard) Reference2:     cf. Shore 394 Reference3:     PDC 39781 (this coin) Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=153500 Special Comments:     PDC 59910 Grade:     VF, porous. Notes:     Triton XIII (5 Jan 2010), lot 756. From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Dr. Robert Gonnella Collection (Peus 388, 1 November 2006), lot 628; G. Hirsch 226 (13 February 2003), lot 1650.

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