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Parthia, Vologases III
c. 105 – 147 AD (struck 121/122 AD)
26 mm.
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint
Obv: Short bearded bust left, wearing diadem and tiara with hooks on crest, ear visible wearing earring, spiral torque, Δ behind head
Rev: King enthroned left, receiving diadem from Tyche, seven-line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΟΛΑΓΑΣΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, Seleukid era year ΓΛΥ above diadem, month in exergue off flan
Sellwood 79.5, Shore 407, Sunrise 446
Ex-David Sellwood Collection
Baldwin’s Auction #96, 9/24/2015, lot 3131 (part of a six-coin lot from the Sellwood Collection)
This coin is illustrated as the sole example of type 79 in the plates in the last several pages of Sellwood’s "An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia", second edition, Spink & Son, Ltd., 1980.

Parthia, Vologases III

c. 105 – 147 AD (struck 121/122 AD)
26 mm.
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint
Obv: Short bearded bust left, wearing diadem and tiara with hooks on crest, ear visible wearing earring, spiral torque, Δ behind head
Rev: King enthroned left, receiving diadem from Tyche, seven-line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΟΛΑΓΑΣΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, Seleukid era year ΓΛΥ above diadem, month in exergue off flan
Sellwood 79.5, Shore 407, Sunrise 446
Ex-David Sellwood Collection
Baldwin’s Auction #96, 9/24/2015, lot 3131 (part of a six-coin lot from the Sellwood Collection)
This coin is illustrated as the sole example of type 79 in the plates in the last several pages of Sellwood’s "An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia", second edition, Spink & Son, Ltd., 1980.

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