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Orodes I.  90 - 77 BC
AR dr.,  3,86gr,   21,8mm;   Sellwood 31.5,   Shore 122,   Sunrise 308 (Mithradates III.);
mint:  Ekbatana,   axis:  12h;
obv.:  bust, left, w/tiara (3 rows of pellets, six-point star as side ornament,  long flap) and diadem w/knot and 2 ribbons;  mustache,  short beard;  earring,  torque w/single pellet finial;  cuirass;  dotted border 8 to 14:30h;
rev.:  archer, right, on throne, w/bow in one hand;  seemingly an eight-line pretty garbled legend:  BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛ MeΓAΛoV  (APΣ)AKoV,  next line mostly off flan, ΦIΛoΠATo(PoΣ) EΠIΦANoVΣ (ΦIΛ)EΛΛΗNo(Σ); the top line is most likely a leftover from an earlier, re-used flan or the result of a bad strike;

Orodes I. 90 - 77 BC

AR dr., 3,86gr, 21,8mm; Sellwood 31.5, Shore 122, Sunrise 308 (Mithradates III.);
mint: Ekbatana, axis: 12h;
obv.: bust, left, w/tiara (3 rows of pellets, six-point star as side ornament, long flap) and diadem w/knot and 2 ribbons; mustache, short beard; earring, torque w/single pellet finial; cuirass; dotted border 8 to 14:30h;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in one hand; seemingly an eight-line pretty garbled legend: BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛ MeΓAΛoV (APΣ)AKoV, next line mostly off flan, ΦIΛoΠATo(PoΣ) EΠIΦANoVΣ (ΦIΛ)EΛΛΗNo(Σ); the top line is most likely a leftover from an earlier, re-used flan or the result of a bad strike;

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