Parthia - Vologases IV (147-191 AD)

Metal/Size: AR 29; Weight: 12.41 grams; Denomination: Tetradrachm; Mint: Seleucia-on-the-Tigris; Date:153 AD (465 ΕΞΥ ΔΙΟΥ); Obverse: Bust left with long, tapered beard with square cut end; wearing diadem and tiara with hooks on crest, horn on side and long, curved earflap. Lock of hair representing royal wart on forehead; earring visible, B behind head. Diadem with loop at top and four ends. Reverse: Male wearing tiara with "hooks" round crest and 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 ΣΞΥ; below baseline, Greek letters ΔΙΟΥ; seven-line Greek inscription (L84i); no border - ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΟΛΑΓΑΣΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΣ ΣΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΣΛΛΗΝΟΣ (King of Kings Arsaces, Vologases the Just the Noble, the Greek Loving). References: Sellwood #84.16; Shore #428.