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Parthia -- Phraatakes, 2 BC - 4 AD
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AR tdr, 13,95g, 26,66mm;
mint: Seleukia, Axis: 12h, date: IT = 2/3 AD, no month;
Sellw. 57 type, Shore 314/5, Sunrise - ;
obv.: bare-headed bust, left, w/broad diadem and three ribbons; medium-long hair in five rows of curls, medium-long tapered beard; mustache; three-turn torque,tunic/cuirass w/ornamental border; in upper left and right field goddess offering diadem; dotted border 11-13h;
rev.: king, right, seated on throne, w/bow, below it the letters IT = 2/3 AD, no month; five lines of legend readable: ((BACIΛΕΩC) BACI(ΛΕΩΝ) (APCAKOY) (E)YEPΓΕ(ΤΟΥ) ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ (to be read from the inside) (E)ΠΙΦΑΝΟΥ(C) (ΦΙ)ΛΕΛΛΗΝΟ(C);
ex: Baldwin's Auction 96, multiple lot (ex: David Sellwood Collection).
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