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Parthian Kingdom. Vologases IV . A.D. 147-191. Æ 18 Dichalkon (17.89 mm, 3.53 g, 12 h). struck A.D. 154. Bust of Volgases IV facing with long, tapered beard, end cut square; wearing tiara with hooks on crest, horn on side and long, curved earflaps; to right, Seleucid date (= SE 466 = A.D. 154) / Nike seated left on column; palm in left field. Sellwood ICP 84.142; Shore --. VF, tan patina with greenish encrustation in recesses, edge split. Quant.Geek
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Ionia, Achaemenid Period: Uncertain Satrap (ca. 350-333 BCE) Æ Unit (Traité II 81; Sunrise 72)Obv: Persian king or hero in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear and bow
Rev: Two concentric squares with line projecting outward from one side
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Kingdom of Persis: Artaxerxes II (ca. 1st Century BCE) AR Hemidrachm (Sunrise-595; Klose & Müseler 4/12b; Alram 571; Tyler-Smith 42-6)Obv: Small bust of Artaxerxes II left, with short beard, wearing diadem with three ties, torque with three segments, and mural crown; no symbol behind
Rev: King standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing before altar to left
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Kingdom of Persis: Artaxerxes II (ca. 1st Century BCE) AR Hemidrachm (Sunrise-599; Klose & Müseler 4/12a; Alram-574; Tyler-Smith 68-9)Obv: Large bust of Artaxerxes II left, with short beard, wearing diadem with two ties, torque with three segments, and mural crown, symbol behind
Rev: King standing left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left
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Kingdom of Persis: Artaxerxes III (ca. 1st to 2nd Century CE) AR Hemidrachm (Sunrise-656; Klose & Müseler 5/8; Alram-630)Obv: Bust of Artaxerxes III left, wearing diadem, crescent (with star?) to right
Rev. Radiate bust of Mithra left, wearing diadem
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Kingdom of Persis: Autophradates IV (ca. 1st Century BCE) AR Hemidrachm (Sunrise-587; Klose & Müseler 4/2; Alram 562)Obv: Bearded bust of Autophradates IV right, wearing diadem, crescent above
Rev: Fire temple, Ahura-Mazda above, to left, king standing right, raising arms, to right, column surmounted by eagle
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Kingdom of Persis: Dareios I (ca. 2nd Century BCE) AR Hemidrachm (Sunrise-581; Alram-555)Obv: Head of Dareios I right, with short beard, wearing diadem and kyrbasia surmounted by crescent
Rev: Fire temple, Ahura-Mazda above, to left, king standing right, to right, column surmounted by eagle
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Kingdom of Persis: Dareios I (ca. 2nd Century BCE) AR Hemidrachm (Sunrise-583; Klose & Müseler 3/11; Alram 558)Obv: Head of Dareios I right, with short beard, wearing diadem and kyrbasia surmounted by crescent
Rev: Fire temple, Ahura-Mazda above, to left, king standing right, to right, column surmounted by eagle
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Kingdom of Persis: Darios II (ca. 1st Century BCE) AR Drachm (Sunrise-589; Klose & Müseler 4/4; Alram 564)Obv: Bearded bust of Dareios II left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with crescent and three rows of pellets
Rev: King standing left, holding sceptre and sacrificing before altar to left
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Kingdom of Persis: Kapat (ca. 1st Century CE) AR Hemidrachm (Sunrise-638; Alram-613; Tyler-Smith 194-5)Obv: Bearded bust of Kapat left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with two rows of pellets and central pellet-in-crescent, pellet border
Rev: Bearded bust of king left, wearing diadem
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Kingdom of Persis: Nambed (ca. 1st Century CE) AR Hemidrachm (Sunrise-625; Klose & Müseler 4/40; Alram 601)Obv: Bearded bust of Nambed left, wearing diadem and mural crown
Rev: King standing right, star in crescent to right
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Kingdom of Persis: Pakor I (ca. 1st Century CE) AR Drachm (Sunrise-607; Klose & Müseler 4/27; Alram-596)Obv: Bearded bust of Pakor I left, wearing diadem
Rev. Triskeles
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Kingdom of Persis: Pakor II (ca. 1st Century CE) AR Hemidrachm (Sunrise-616; Klose & Müseler 4/32; Alram-589)Obv: Bearded bust of Pakor II left, wearing diadem
Rev: Bearded bust of king left, wearing diadem
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Kingdom of Persis: Uncertain King I (ca. 2nd Century BCE) AR Hemidrachm (Sunrise-578; Klose & Müseler 3/6; Alram-552)Obv: Head of Uncertain King I right, with short beard, wearing diadem and kyrbasia surmounted by eagle
Rev: Fire temple, Ahura-Mazda above, to left, king standing right, to right, standard surmounted by eagle
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Parthian Empire: Artabanos IV (ca. 10-38 CE) Æ Drachm, Mithradatkart Mint (Sellwood 61.10)Obv: Diademed and draped bust of Artabanos IV left
Rev: Archer setaed right, holding ow; below mow, monogram
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Parthian Empire: Artabanus IV (9-41) Æ Chalkous, Ecbatana Mint (Sellwood 63.17var)Obv: Diademed and draped bust of Artabanos IV to left
Rev: Half-length figure of Tyche right, holding palm branch, circular dotted border
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Parthian Empire: Mithradates II (121-91 BCE) AR Drachm, Ekbatana (Sellwood 26.2; Shore 78)Obv: Long bearded bust left wearing diadem, griffin-ended torque; circular border of pellets
Rev: Beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow and arrow in right hand; in field left, monogram Δ; no border; square four-line Greek inscription - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ
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Parthian Empire: Mithradates II (121-91 BCE) AR Drachm, Ekbatana (Sellwood 27.2; Sunrise 294; Shore 86)Obv: Long-bearded bust left wearing diadem; circular border of pellets
Rev: Beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; empty cloak arm ending in a point; flan widespread and design much larger than usual; no border; five-line Greek inscription - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ − ΒΑΣΙ − ΛΕΩΝ − ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ / ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣQuant.Geek
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Parthian Empire: Mithradates II (121-91 BCE) AR Drachm, Ekbatana (Sellwood 28.2; Sunrise 297; Shore 96)Obv: Long-bearded bust left wearing tiara with six-point star; torque end single or double pellet; circular border of pellets
Rev: Beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; no border; five-line Greek inscription - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ
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Parthian Empire: Orodes II (57-38 BCE) AE Tetrachalkous, Mithradatkart (Sellwood-45.37)Obv: Short-bearded bust left wearing diadem and pellet-ended torque; circular border of pellets
Rev: Nike walking right; in front, monogram; no border; seven-line Greek inscription - ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ
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Parthian Empire: Orodes II (57-38 BCE) AR Drachm, Rhagai (Sunrise-382)Obv: Diademed bust left, wart on forehead, close-cropped beard, cervical torque ending in sea horse, star before, crescent over star behind
Rev: Diademed archer enthroned right, examining bow, anchor behind
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Parthian Empire: Phraates III (ca. 70-57 BCE) AR Drachm, Mithradatkart Mint (Sellwood-39.6; Sunrise-343)Obv: Long bearded bust left in diadem bound tiara, decorated with a horn on side and a row of recumbent stags around the crest, pellet ended spiral torque, dotted border.
Rev: Archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, six-line Greek inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟY ΑΡΣΑΚΟY ΕYΕΡΓΕΤΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ
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Parthian Empire: Vologases I (second reign, ca. 58-77 CE) AR Diobol, Persis Mint (Sunrise-425)Obv: Diademed bust of Vologases I left.
Rev: Archer seated right on throne, holding bow; Incomplete Greek legends around ΟΛΙΓΑC[ΟΥ] ΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΙ[ΟΥ] (Vologases the lord)
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Parthian Empire: Vologases I, Second Reign (ca. 58-77 CE) Æ Drachm, Mithradatkart Mint (Sellwood 65.36; Shore 365)Obv: Diademed and draped bust of Vologases I left; before, star-in-crescent
Rev: Archer seated right, holding bow; in inner left field, monogram; below bow, monogram
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Parthian Empire: Vologases III (ca. 105-147 CE) AR Drachm, Ekbatana Mint (Sellwood-78.4)Obv: Bust left with long pointed beard, wearing double banded diadem with double loop and three pendent ends, spiral torque, earring visible, dotted border
Rev: Archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven-line Greek inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ stylized
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Parthian Empire: Vologases IV (147-191 CE) Æ Dichalkon, Seleukeia on the Tigris Mint (Sellwood 84.144; Shore 632)Obv: Diademed bust left, wearing tiara; date to left
Rev: Draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown; A to right
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Parthian Empire: Vologases IV (ca. 147-191) Æ Dichalkon, Seleukeia on the Tigris (Sellwood 84.145; Shore 633)Obv: Diademed bust of Vologases IV to left, wearing tiara; to left, Ï‚OY
Rev: Draped and turreted bust of Tyche to right; to right, A
Dim: 16 mm, 2.43 g, 12 h
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Persic Kingdom: Darius II (ca. 1st century BC) AR drachm (Alram-564; MACW-742)Obv: Parthian-style bust of Darius II left, wearing tiara decorated with a crescent
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