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PARTHIA/PERSIA, Vologases VI (c. 208-228 AD), AR Drachm
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Weight: 3.72 g
Size: 21 mm
Condition: EF/EF
Minted in Ecbatana
Obv: bust left with long, pointed beard extending beyond beaded border; wearing tiara with ear flaps, pellets on stalks
round crest and a line of pellets on stalks on side; lines coming out of crest and diadem with loop at the top and two
ends. Monogram Shore 85 behind head (abbreviated king's name in Aramaic)
Rev: archer seated right on throne holding bow, below bow monogram 26. Blundered Greek legend with top line in
Aramaic
Ref: Sellwood 88.19 ; Shore 456
Rarity: Common
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