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Eastern CulturesHephthalites (White Huns), Indo-Sassanian, Indo-Skythians. Parthia, Persis, Sasanian.1 commentsAnaximander
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020a03. Lucius VerusAE Sestertius. AD 166. Obv: L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back. Rev: TR POT VI IMP III COS II, S-C across fields, captive Parthia, hands bound behind back, sitting right at the foot of a trophy with a shield at its base. RIC 1440.lawrence c
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11 - Septimius Severus AR Denarius - AD 202 - 'Total Victory in Parthia'Roman Empire, Severan Dynasty.
Emperor Septimius Severus (193 - 211 AD) Silver Denarius.
VICT PART MAX -'Total Victory in Parthia'
"My victory in Parthia was complete"
Struck in AD 202 at the Rome Mint.

obv: SEVERUS PIUS AVG - Laureate head right.
rev: VICT PART MAX - Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm.

2.0 Grams, 20.5 mm.
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Nice portrait, nice bit of obverse toning, well centered.
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115 AD: Trajan's conquest of Armenia and Mesopotamia Orichalcum sestertius (26.2g, 33mm, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 116-117.
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO PM TRP COS VI PP laureate and draped bust of Trajan facing right
ARMENIA ET MESOPOTAMIA POTESTATEM PR REDACTAE [around] S C [in field] Trajan standing right, holding spear and parazonium; on the ground, the reclining figures of Armenia, the Euphrates and the Tigris
RIC 642 [R]; Cohen 39; Foss (Roman Historical Coins): 105/71

Coin minted between 116 spring and 117 aug (PARTHICO in legend) on the occasion of the conquest of Mesopotamia in 115. Beginning in 114 AD, Trajan began his campaign against Parthia which had deposed the pro-Roman king of Armenia. By 115 AD Trajan had turned Armenia into a Roman province. He then moved southward through Mesopotamia, capturing the Parthian capital, Ctesiphon, in 116 AD.
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1ab Marcus Licinius CrassusFormed First Triumvirate with Caesar and Pompey in 60 BC, killed at Carrhae in Parthia in 53 BC.

Denarius, minted by son, P Licinius Crassus, ca 54 BC.
Bust of Venus, right, SC behind
Amazon with horse, P CRASSVS MF.

Seaby, Licinia 18

These coins were probably minted to pay Crassus' army for the invasion of Parthia, which led to its destruction. My synthesis of reviewing 90 examples of this issue revealed a female warrior wearing a soft felt Scythian cap with ear flaps; a fabric garment with a decorated skirt to the knees; probably trousers; an ornate war belt; a baldric; a cape, animal skin, or shoulder cord on attached to the left shoulder; and decorated calf-high boots. She matches the historically confirmed garb of the real amazons—Scythian horsewomen—and of course holds her steed. The horse’s tack is consistent with archeological discoveries of tack in use by Scythians and Romans.

Adrienne Mayor writes that amazon imagery on Greek vases suddenly appeared in 575-550 BC, initially depicting them in Greek-style armor. By the end of the century, as the Greeks learned more through direct and indirect contact with Scythians, they began to appear wearing archeologically confirmed Scythian-Sarmatian-Thracian patterned attire. (Adrienne Mayor, The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2014, 199-200). To this, artists added their own creative ideas regarding colors, fabric patterns, and decorations. “They dressed the warrior women in body-hugging ‘unitards’ or tunics, short chitons or belted dresses, sometimes over leggings or trousers. . . . In paintings and sculpture, pointed or soft Scythian caps with earflaps or ties (kidaris) soon replaced the Greek helmets, and the women wear a variety of belts, baldrics (diagonal straps), corselets, shoulder cords or bands, and crisscrossing leather straps attached to belt loops like those worn by the archer huntress Artemis. . . . Amazon footgear included soft leather moccasin-like shoes, calf-high boots (endromides), or taller laced boots (embades) with scallops or flaps and lined with felt or fur.” (Mayor, 202)

The artists apparently had detailed knowledge of gear used by real Scythian horsewomen to equip their imagined Amazons. “Archeological discoveries of well-preserved sets of clothing confirm that real horsewomen of ancient Scythian lands dressed much as did those described in Greek texts and illustrated in Scythian and Greek artwork.” (Mayor, 203)
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1ab_2 Marcus Licinius CrassusFormed First Triumvirate with Caesar and Pompey in 60 BC, killed at Carrhae in Parthia in 53 BC.

Denarius, minted by son, P Licinius Crassus, ca 54 BC.
Bust of Venus, right, SC behind
Amazon with horse, P CRASSVS MF.

Seaby, Licinia 18

These coins were probably minted to pay Crassus' army for the invasion of Parthia, which led to its destruction. My synthesis of reviewing 90 examples of this issue revealed a female warrior wearing a soft felt Scythian cap with ear flaps (visible in this example); a fabric garment with a decorated skirt to the knees; probably trousers; an ornate war belt; a baldric; a cape, animal skin, or shoulder cord on attached to the left shoulder; and decorated calf-high boots. She matches the historically confirmed garb of the real amazons—Scythian horsewomen—and of course holds her steed. The horse’s tack is consistent with archeological discoveries of tack in use by Scythians and Romans.

Adrienne Mayor writes that amazon imagery on Greek vases suddenly appeared in 575-550 BC, initially depicting them in Greek-style armor. By the end of the century, as the Greeks learned more through direct and indirect contact with Scythians, they began to appear wearing archeologically confirmed Scythian-Sarmatian-Thracian patterned attire. (Adrienne Mayor, The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2014, 199-200). To this, artists added their own creative ideas regarding colors, fabric patterns, and decorations. “They dressed the warrior women in body-hugging ‘unitards’ or tunics, short chitons or belted dresses, sometimes over leggings or trousers. . . . In paintings and sculpture, pointed or soft Scythian caps with earflaps or ties (kidaris) soon replaced the Greek helmets, and the women wear a variety of belts, baldrics (diagonal straps), corselets, shoulder cords or bands, and crisscrossing leather straps attached to belt loops like those worn by the archer huntress Artemis. . . . Amazon footgear included soft leather moccasin-like shoes, calf-high boots (endromides), or taller laced boots (embades) with scallops or flaps and lined with felt or fur.” (Mayor, 202)

The artists apparently had detailed knowledge of gear used by real Scythian horsewomen to equip their imagined Amazons. “Archeological discoveries of well-preserved sets of clothing confirm that real horsewomen of ancient Scythian lands dressed much as did those described in Greek texts and illustrated in Scythian and Greek artwork.” (Mayor, 203)
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1ai Augustus27 BC-14 AD

Denarius
Laureate head left, AVGVSTVS DIVI F
Apollo stg. Right, IMP XII

Van Meter notes that after about 15 BC, Augustus moved the production of gold and silver to Lugdunum and underscored the end of the moneyer issues by using "IMP" on the reverse.

RIC 180

Suetonius summarized Augusts' life in these words: He lost his father at the age of five (58BC). At twelve he delivered a funeral oration in honour of his grandmother Julia, Julius Caesar’s sister (51BC). At sixteen, having assumed the toga, he was decorated by Caesar during the African triumph (46BC) even though he had been too young to fight. When Caesar went to conquer Pompey’s sons in Spain (in 46BC), Augustus followed, despite still being weak from severe illness, and despite being shipwrecked on the way, with a minimal escort, over roads menaced by the enemy, so endearing himself greatly to Caesar, who quickly formed a high opinion of Augustus’ character, beyond merely his energetic pursuit of the journey.
After recovering the Spanish provinces, Caesar planned an expedition against the Dacians, to be followed by an attack on Parthia, and sent Augustus ahead (in 45BC) to Apollonia in Illyria, where he spent his time studying. When news came of Caesar’s assassination (in 44BC), and that the will named him as the main heir, Augustus considered seeking protection from the legions quartered there. However he decided it would be rash and premature, and chose to return to Rome, and enter on his inheritance, despite the doubts expressed by his mother, and strong opposition from his stepfather, the ex-consul Marcius Philippus.

Augustus went on to levy armies and rule the State; firstly for a twelve-year period (from 43BC to 30BC), initially with Mark Antony and Lepidus and then (from 33BC) with Antony alone; and later by himself for a further forty-four years (to his death in AD14).

In his youth he was betrothed to Servilia, the daughter of Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus, but on his reconciliation with Mark Antony following their first dispute, the troops begged them to become allied by some tie of kinship, and he married (in 43BC) Claudia, Antony’s stepdaughter, born to Fulvia and Publius Clodius Pulcher, even though Claudia was barely of marriageable age. However he quarrelled with Fulvia, and divorced Claudia before the marriage had been consummated.

Not long afterwards (in 40BC), he married Scribonia, whose previous husbands had been ex-consuls, and to one of whom she had borne a child. He divorced her also ‘tired’, he wrote, ‘of her shrewish ways,’ and immediately took Livia Drusilla from her husband Tiberius Nero though she was pregnant at the time (38BC), loving and esteeming her alone to the end.
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1bu Caracalla198-217

Denarius

Laureate head, right, ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT
Mars, MARTI PROPVGNATORI

RIC 223

The Historia Augusta, in the life of Severus, records: As he was advancing against Albinus, moreover, and had reached Viminacium 4 on his march, he gave his elder son Bassianus the name Aurelius Antoninus 5 and the title of Caesar, in order to destroy whatever hopes of succeeding to the throne his brother Geta had conceived. His reason for giving his son the name Antoninus was that he had dreamed that an Antoninus would succeed him. It was because of this dream, some believe, that Geta also was called Antoninus, in order that he too might succeed to the throne. . . . [After defeating Niger], he bestowed the. toga virilis on his younger son, Geta, and he united his elder son in marriage with Plautianus' daughter [Plautilla]. . . . Soon thereafter he appointed his sons to the consulship ; also he greatly honored his brother Geta. . . . Severus [in 198] invaded Parthia, defeated the king, and came to Ctesiphon; and about the beginning of the winter season he took the city. For this feat, likewise, the soldiers declared his son, Bassianus Antoninus, co-emperor; he had already been named Caesar and was now in his thirteenth year. And to Geta, his younger son, they gave the name Caesar. . . .

In the life of Caracalla, the history continues: He himself in his boyhood was winsome and clever, respectful to his parents and courteous to his parents' friends, beloved by the people, popular with the senate, and well able to further his own interests in winning affection. Never did he seem backward in letters or slow in deeds of kindness, never niggardly in largess or tardy in forgiving at least while under his parents. . . . All this, however, was in his boyhood. For when
he passed beyond the age of a boy, either by his father's advice or through a natural cunning, or because he thought that he must imitate Alexander of Macedonia,he became more reserved and stern and even somewhat savage in expression. . . .

After his father's death he went to the Praetorian Camp and complained there to the soldiers that his brother was forming a conspiracy against him. And so he had his brother slain in the Palace. . . . After this he committed many further murders in the city, causing many persons far and wide to be seized by soldier sand killed, as though he were punishing a rebellion. . . . After doing all this he set out for Gaul and immediately upon his arrival there killed the proconsul of Narbonensis. . . . Then he made ready for a journey to the Orient, but interrupted his march and stopped in Dacia. . . . Then he journeyed through Thrace accompanied by the prefect of the guard. . . . After this, turning to the war with the Armenians and Parthians, he appointed as military commander a man whose character resembled his own. . . . Then he betook himself to Alexandria. . . . [H]e issued an order to his soldiers to slay their hosts and thus caused great slaughter at Alexandria. . . . Next he advanced through the lands of the Cadusii and the Babylonians and waged a guerilla-warfare with the Parthian satraps, in which wild beasts were even let loose against the enemy. He then sent a letter to the senate as though he had won a real victory and thereupon was given the name Parthicus. . . .

After this he wintered at Edessa with the intention of renewing the war against the Parthians. During this time, on the eighth day before the Ides of April, the feast of the Megalensia and his own birthday, while on a journey to Carrhae to do honor to the god Lunus, he stepped aside to satisfy the needs of nature and was thereupon assassinated by the treachery of Macrinus the prefect of the guard, who after his death seized the imperial power.
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504. CONSTANTIUS II GLORIA EXERCITVS AntiochAntioch

Under the empire we chiefly hear of the earthquakes which shook Antioch. One, in AD 37, caused the emperor Caligula to send two senators to report on the condition of the city. Another followed in the next reign; and in 115, during Trajan's sojourn in the place with his army of Parthia, the whole site was convulsed, the landscape altered, and the emperor himself forced to take shelter in the circus for several days. He and his successor restored the city; but in 526, after minor shocks, the calamity returned in a terrible form; the octagonal cathedral which had been erected by the emperor Constantius II suffered and thousands of lives were lost, largely those of Christians gathered to a great church assembly. We hear also of especially terrific earthquakes on November 29, 528 and October 31, 588.

At Antioch Germanicus died in AD 19, and his body was burnt in the forum. Titus set up the Cherubim, captured from the Jewish temple, over one of the gates. Commodus had Olympic games celebrated at Antioch, and in 266 the town was suddenly raided by the Persians, who slew many in the theatre. In 387 there was a great sedition caused by a new tax levied by order of Theodosius, and the city was punished by the loss of its metropolitan status. Zeno, who renamed it Theopolis, restored many of its public buildings just before the great earthquake of 526, whose destructive work was completed by the Persian Chosroes twelve years later. Justinian I made an effort to revive it, and Procopius describes his repairing of the walls; but its glory was past.

The chief interest of Antioch under the empire lies in its relation to Christianity. Evangelized perhaps by Peter, according to the tradition upon which the Antiochene patriarchate still rests its claim for primacy (cf. Acts xi.), and certainly by Barnabas and Paul, who here preached his first Christian sermon in a synagogue, its converts were the first to be called Christians

004. CONSTANTIUS II Antioch

RIC VII Antioch 88 C3

From Uncleaned Lot

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ANTIOCH - SyriaANTIOCH - Syria, Bronze AE 27, RPC I 4223; BMC Galatia pg. 154, 25, 41 - 40 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse ANTIOCEWN MHTROPO THS IERAS KAI ASULOU, Zeus seated left holding Nike and scepter; pileus surmounted by star before, date BOG below (= Seleukid year 272).

Data from FORVM catalogue: About the time this coin was minted, the Parthians led by Quintus Labienus and Pacorus I attacked Syria, which was under Marc Antony's authority. Quintus Labienus was the son of Caesar's general Titus Labienus. He served under Brutus and Cassius, and after the battle at Phillipi fled to Parthia, which he had visited before as an ambassador. After several battles against Antony's governor, Saxa, they occupied the entire province and later Asia Minor and Palestine. In Judea, Pacorus deposed king John Hyrcanus II and appointed his nephew Antigonus king in his place. Labienus was killed during a Roman counter attack in 39 B.C. The territory they captured was recovered for Rome. Pacorus retreated to Parthia but died one year later in an attack on a Roman camp.
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Antoninus Pius, RIC 586, Sestertius of AD 139 (Aurum Coronarium: Parthia)Æ Sestertius (24.27g, Ø33mm, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 139.
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head of Antoninus Pius facing right.
Rev.: PARTHIA (round edge) COS II (in ex.) S C (in field), Parthia, towered headdress, standing left, holding crown and bow and quiver with arrows resting on ground.
RIC 586 (R); Cohen 572; BMCRE IV 1191; Strack 792 (4 collections); Banti (I Grandi Bronzi Imperiali II-3) 253 (2 spec.); Sear (Roman Coins and their Values II) 4198
ex Aegean Numismatics

Part of a series celebrating Antoninus' remission of half of the special tax (aurum coronarium) normally levied on the provinces at the time of the accession of an emperor. Remark from Sear: "The remarkable inclusion of a rival state in this series commemorating provincial tax relief would seem to suggest that the Parthians were subject to some form of financial obligation to the Roman government consequent of Trajan's capture of Ctesiphon in AD 115 and the loss of the celebrated golden throne of the Arsacids"
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Arsakes I., 247-211 BCAR dr., 4,24gr., 18mm; Sellwood 1.1, Shore 1, Sunrise 234;
mint: Mithradatkart, axis: 11h;
obv.: beardless bust, right, w/bashlyk, 2 ribbons in back, loose cap tie down the side of the neck; neck hair; earring;
rev.: archer, left, w/bow in right hand; two-line legend: APΣAKOY right, (A)VTOKPATORO(Y) left;

ex: David Sellwood Collection; Sellwood, The Coinage of Parthia, 1980, plate coin. (The New York Sale, Auction XXXIV, Baldwin's)
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Arsakes I., 247-211 BCAR dr., 4,24gr., 18mm; Sellwood 1.1, Shore 1, Sunrise 234;
mint: Mithradatkart, axis: 11h;
obv.: beardless bust, right, w/bashlyk, 2 ribbons in back, loose cap tie down the side of the neck; neck hair; earring;
rev.: archer, left, w/bow in right hand; two-line legend: APΣAKOY right, (A)VTOKPATORO(Y) left;

in: David Sellwood, The Coinage of Parthia, Spink 1980, plate coin # 1.1.
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Artabanos III AR DrachmAR Drachm
Parthia, Artabanos III, 10-38 CE
Diameter: 19-21 mm, Weight: 3.57 grams, Die axis: 12h

Obverse: Bust to left, long square cut beard, hair almost straight, ear ring visible.

Reverse: BΛCIΛEΩC BΛCIΛEΩN ΛPCΛNOΔ EVEPΓETOV ΔIXAIOV EΠIΦΛNOYC ΦIΛEΛΛXOC, Archer enthroned sitting right, mintmark below bow.

Mint: Ekbatana (Hamadan, Iran)

Notes:
- Sellwood type 63.6

Purchased from Ye Olde Coin Co (South Australia), 2004
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Artabanos III, AE ChalkousAE Chalkous
Parthia, Artabanos III, 10-38 CE
Diameter: 12 mm Weight: 1.45 grams Die axis: 12h

Obverse: Diademed bust to left.

Reverse: King on horseback to right.

Mint: Ekbatana (Hamadan, Iran)

References: BMC Parthia 109 (Gortazes), Sellwood 63.21 (Artabanus II), Shore 575

Notes:
- Charles Deetz was an American geographer.
- NGC certification number 4372348-009

Purchased from Pars Coins 2017, Ex Stack's November 1946 (Sale of the Charles H. Deetz Collection), lot 249
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BYZANTINE, Heraclius, c.A.D.610-641, AV SolidusAlthough Heraclius decisively defeated Parthia, his army was in turn defeated by the invading Muslims when a sandstorm blinded his troops at the battle of Yarmuk and as a result, the Levant, Egypt and North Africa were all lost.2 comments
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Cilicia, Aigeai. AR Tetradrachm.Dated Civic Year 17 (30/29 BC). AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.38g, 11h). Arnold-Biucchi, Tresor 84-122 var. (D4/R-[unlisted reverse die]); SNG France-2280 (same obverse die); SNG Levante-; SNG von Aulock-; DCA-355. Obverse Turreted and veiled bust of Tyche right. Reverse Athena Nikephoros standing left; DI and club to left, IZ (date) and delta in exergue, ethnic in right field; all within wreath. Extra fine with a hint of die wear. Well centered. Rare (R1), especially with unrecorded reverse die.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd. Auction V, lot 413
Ex CNG

In classical times the modern city of Ayas was called Aigeai and belonged to Greater Cilicia (Cilicia Pedias). The site is strategically located on the Gulf of Issos and was originally founded by Greco-Macedonian colonists and named after the Macedonian capital Aegae. Due to its strategic location in launching attacks against Armenia, Pontos and Parthia, Julius Caesar gave the city a special status of oppidum liberum or a “free city” in autumn of 47 BC, probably early November of that year.

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EB0313 Mithradates II / Horse headMithradates II, Parthia, AE Dichalkon, 123-88 BC.
Obverse: Bust left.
Reverse: Horse head right within 5-line legend.
References: Sell 27/6 or 7.
Diameter: 17mm, Weight: 3.026g.
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KINGS OF PARTHIA--Artabanus IVKings of Parthia, Artabanos IV
10-38 AD
AE Chalkous 14 mm max., 1.35 g
O: Diademed head left
R. Amphora.
cf Sellwood 63.25 (Artabanus II).
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KINGS OF PARTHIA--MITHRADATES II "The Great"Kings of Parthia. Mithradates II "the Great”
123 BC - 88 BC
AE Tetrachalkos 16.5 mm; 3.28 g
O: Bearded and diademed bust of Mithradates to left
R: Horse walking to right, left foreleg raised; Greek legends around.
Parthia, Ecbatana mint
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KINGS OF PARTHIA--VOLOGASES IV147 - 191 AD
AE Dichalkous (crude) 12X14.8 mm, 2.75 g
O: Bust of Vologases IV left with tapering square-cut beard wearing diadem and tiara ; in front, Greek letters -PY (date)
R: Bust of Tyche right; in front, Greek letter Α
Parthia, Seleucia on the Tigris mint
Sellwood 84.144-153
(no longer in collection)
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Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius was recognized by the emperor Hadrian as a fine and capable youth and was betrothed to the daughter of Aelius. The emperor Antoninus Pius adopted him and in 145 A.D. he married Antoninus` daughter, Faustina II. In 161 A.D., he succeeded Antoninus as Augustus, immediately proclaiming Lucius Verus his co-emperor. Although known for his adherence to the philosophy of Stoicism and as a naturally peaceful man, Marcus` reign was disturbed by war with Parthia, plague and then a long, hard war along the Danube frontier. He died on March 17th, 180 A.D. and was deified by the senate soon after.

Silver denarius, RIC 185, RSC 208, BMC 459, gF, Rome mint, 2.723g, 19.1mm, 0o, 168 A.D.; obverse M ANTONINVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head right; reverse FORT RED TR P XXII IMP V COS III, Fortuna seated left holding rudder in right and cornucopia in left; wavy, fire damaged flan;
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Orodes I. 90 - 77 BC, (Mithradates III)
AR tdr., 16,16gr, 29,4mm; Sellwood 31.1, Shore --, Sunrise 306 (Mithradates III, 87-80 BC);
mint: Seleukia, axis: 12h;
obv.: head, left, w/tiara (3rows of pellets, 6-point star as side decoration, long ear flaps) and diadem w/knot and 2 ribbons; mustache, medium-long beard; earring, torque w/single pellet finial; cuirass w/star on chest; dotted border almost complete;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in right hand; 7-line legend: BΛCIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛoY ΛPΣΛKoY ΛYToKPΛTo(PoC) ΦIΛoΠΛToPoC EΠIΦΛNoYC ΦIΛEΛΛΗNoC; exergual line;

in: David Sellwood The Coinage of Parthia, Spink, 1980, # 31.1 and 1971, # 31/4; also in: Parthia.com, Orodes I; also in: Michael Mitchiner, The Ancient and Classical World, Hawkins, 1971 p. 112, #531.
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Orodes II., 57 - 38 BCBI tdr., 13,92 gr, mm; Sellwood 45.6, Shore 209, Sunrise -;
mint: Seleukia; axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/broad diadem, 2 broad ribbons; medium-long hair in 4 waves, possibly no facial hair; multi-turn torque ending in something other than pellet; ear ring; cuirass w/star on chest; dotted border 8 to 16h;
rev.: king on throne, left, extending right arm to receive hand of kneeling Tyche; symbol between heads; 7-line legend: BAΣIΛEΩ(Σ) BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY (blurred) EVEPΓETOV ΔIKAIOV EΠIΦANOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ in exergue: ΠA = Panimou;

ex: the David Sellwood Collection, Baldwin's Auction 90; A SELLWOOD PLATE COIN (David Sellwood, The Coinage of Parthia, second edition, 1980 and first edition, 1971). Also in: Parthia.com.
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Orodes II., 57 - 38 BC
BI tdr., 13,92 gr, mm; Sellwood 45.6, Shore 209, Sunrise -;
mint: Seleukia; axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/broad diadem, 2 broad ribbons; medium-long hair in 4 waves, possibly no facial hair; multi-turn torque ending in something other than pellet; ear ring; cuirass w/star on chest; dotted border 8 to 16h;
rev.: king on throne, left, extending right arm to receive hand of kneeling Tyche; symbol between heads; 7-line legend: BAΣIΛEΩ(Σ) BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY (blurred) EVEPΓETOV ΔIKAIOV EΠIΦANOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ in exergue: ΠA = Panimou;

in: David Sellwood, The Coinage of Parthia, Spink, 1980, #45.6, and 1971, #45/5); also in: Parthia.com.
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Orodes II., 57 - 38 BC or Mithradates IV, 58/57-55 BCBI tdr., 15,02gr, mm; Sellwood 44.1, Shore - , Sunrise 355 (Mithradates IV);
mint: Seleukia; axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/ broad diadem, 2 loops and 2 ribbons; medium-long hair in 5 waves, mustache, short beard; multi-turn torque w/pellet finial; cuirass; dotted border 7 to 15h;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in one hand; 5-line legend: BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN (M)EΓAΛOV APΣAKOV KAI KTIΣT(OV); exergual line; KTIΣTOΣ meaning: founder - S. 44.1 is the only coin using this epithet (to my knowledge);

in: David Sellwood , The Coinage of Parthia, Spink 1980, #44.1
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Orodes II., 57 - 38 BC, or Mithradates IV, 58/57-55BCBI tdr., 15,02gr, mm; Sellwood 44.1, Shore - , Sunrise 355 (Mithradates IV);
mint: Seleukia; axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/ broad diadem, 2 loops and 2 ribbons; medium-long hair in 5 waves, mustache, short beard; multi-turn torque w/pellet finial; cuirass; dotted border 7 to 15h;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in one hand; 5-line legend: BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN (M)EΓAΛOV APΣAKOV KAI KTIΣT(OV); exergual line; KTIΣTOΣ meaning: founder - S. 44.1 is the only coin using this epithet (to my knowledge);

ex: the David Sellwood Collection, Baldwin's Auction #90. A SELLWOOD PLATE COIN (David Sellwood, The Coinage of Parthia, second edition, 1980).
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Pakoros II., 77/78 - 105 ADAR dr., 3,42gr, 20,74mm; Sellwood 73.13, Shore 397, Sunrise-, Sinisi Type Vb, p. 89;
mint: Court at Ekbatana; axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/ 4-strand diadem, 2 loops and 3 ribbons; medium-long hair in 3 waves, beardless; earring, 3 layer necklace; in upper right field above loops the Aramaic letters for pk; tunic border in fishbone pattern; dotted border 9 to 16h;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in one hand and monogram below bow; left lower leg missing; 7-line legend: OΛIIΛE OΛIIΛTΛN NIΛNOO ΛXIOV ΠNPΛII (last two to be read from the inside), EΠΦΛNOC ΦIAH ... (blurred letters);

ex: New York Sale XXXIV (2015), Baldwin’s Auction, #452 (The David Sellwood Collection). A Sellwood plate coin: David Sellwood, An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia, Second Edition, Spink 1980, plate 73.13.
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Pakoros II., 77/78 - 105 AD
AR dr., 3,42gr, 20,74mm; Sellwood 73.13, Shore 397, Sunrise-, Sinisi Type Vb, p. 89;
mint: Court at Ekbatana; axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/ 4-strand diadem, 2 loops and 3 ribbons; medium-long hair in 3 waves, beardless; earring, 3 layer necklace; in upper right field above loops the Aramaic letters for pk; tunic border in fishbone pattern; dotted border 9 to 16h;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in one hand and monogram below bow; left lower leg missing; 7-line legend: OΛIIΛE OΛIIΛTΛN NIΛNOO ΛXIOV ΠNPΛII (last two to be read from the inside), EΠΦΛNOC ΦIAH ... (blurred letters);

ex: New York Sale XXXIV (2015), Baldwin’s Auction, #452 (The David Sellwood Collection). A Sellwood plate coin: David Sellwood, An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia, Second Edition, Spink 1980, plate 73.13.
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Parthia -- Mithradates IV., 57-54 (Assar), or Orodes I., 90-77 BC (Sellwood)BI tdr., 15,02gr, mm; Sellwood 44.1, Shore - , Sunrise 355 (Mithradates IV);
mint: Seleukia; axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/ broad diadem, 2 loops and 2 ribbons; medium-long hair in 5 waves, mustache, short beard; multi-turn torque w/pellet finial; cuirass; dotted border 7 to 15h;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in one hand; 5-line legend: BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN (M)EΓAΛOV APΣAKOV KAI KTIΣT(OV); exergual line; KTIΣTOΣ meaning: founder - S. 44.1 is the only coin using this epithet (to my knowledge);

ex: the David Sellwood Collection. A SELLWOOD PLATE COIN (David Sellwood, The Coinage of Parthia, second edition, 1980).
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Parthia -- Orodes II., 57 - 38 BCBI tdr., 13,92 gr, mm; Sellwood 45.6, Shore 209, Sunrise -;
mint: Seleukia; axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/broad diadem, 2 broad ribbons; medium-long hair in 4 waves, possibly no facial hair; multi-turn torque ending in something other than pellet; ear ring; cuirass w/star on chest; dotted border 8 to 16h;
rev.: king on throne, left, extending right arm to receive hand of kneeling Tyche; symbol between heads; 7-line legend: BAΣIΛEΩ(Σ) BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY (blurred) EVEPΓETOV ΔIKAIOV EΠIΦANOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ in exergue: ΠA = Panimou;

ex: the David Sellwood Collection, Baldwin's Auction 90; A SELLWOOD PLATE COIN (David Sellwood, The Coinage of Parthia, second edition, 1980 and first edition, 1971). Also in: Parthia.com.
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Parthia -- Orodes II., 57 - 38 BCBI tdr., 13,92 gr, mm; Sellwood 45.6, Shore 209, Sunrise -;
mint: Seleukia; axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/broad diadem, 2 broad ribbons; medium-long hair in 4 waves, possibly no facial hair; multi-turn torque ending in something other than pellet; ear ring; cuirass w/star on chest; dotted border 8 to 16h;
rev.: king on throne, left, extending right arm to receive hand of kneeling Tyche; symbol between heads; 7-line legend: BAΣIΛEΩ(Σ) BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY (blurred) EVEPΓETOV ΔIKAIOV EΠIΦANOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ in exergue: ΠA = Panimou;

ex: the David Sellwood Collection, Baldwin's Auction 90; A SELLWOOD PLATE COIN (David Sellwood, The Coinage of Parthia, second edition, 1980 and first edition, 1971). Also in: Parthia.com.
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Parthia, Artabanos I. 127 - 123 BCAR dr., 3.6gr, 19,9mm; Sellwood 19.2, Shore 58 (this coin), Sunrise --;
mint: Ekbatana or Rhagai(?), axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/diadem, knot and 2 ribbons; cap like hair in 5 waves, long pointed beard; earring, 3-turn torque; dotted border 10 to 17h, test cut at 8h;
rev.: archer, right, on omphalos, w/bow in right hand, 4-line legend in 2+2 format: BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY APΣAKOY ΘEOΠATOP(OΣ);

in: Fred Shore, Parthian Coins & History, CNG 1993, p. 97, #58.
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Parthia, Mithradates I., 165 - 132 BCAR tdr., 15,24gr, 28mm;
Sellw. 13.3, Shore 36, Sunrise 261;
mint: Seleukia, axis : 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, right, w/diadem and ribbon; medium long cap like hair, medium long curly beard, mustache; necklace, earring (?); reed and pellet border 12-16h;
rev.: young Herakles standing right w/ club (and lion’s skin ?) in left arm and skyphos in right hand; below exergual line date ΓOP = 140,39 BC; 4-line legend: BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY APΣAKOY ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ; in left field monogram.
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Parthia, Phraates II., 132 - 127 BCAR dr., 4,02gr, 20mm;
Sellw. 16var., Shore - , Sunr. - ;
mint: Mithradatkert?, axis: 13h;
obv.: bare-headed bust, left, w/diadem and knot; short hair longer in neck, short beard, very young face; dotted border 10 - 14h; in right field inside border MI;
rev.: slight inches; archer, right, on on-halos, w/bow in hand; 4-line legend w/guidelines: (B)AΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY APΣAKOY ΘEOΠATOPOΣ; exergual line;
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Parthia, Phraates II., 132 - 127 BCFourreé dr., 3,25gr, 20mm;
mint: Ekbatana; date: ca. 128-127 BC;
Obv.: bare-headed bust, left, w/broad diadem, knot, and ribbons; short, cap-like hair, short beard, mustache; earring, necklace; dotted border 10 - 16:30h; scratches on portrait and fields, missing silver foil on beard, locks and field (8h);
rev.: archer, right, on on-halos, w/bow in one hand; exergual line, 4-line legend (2=): BAΣIΛEΩ(Σ) (…) APΣAKOY ΘEOΠ(A)T(O)P(OΣ); silver foil missing on rim (17:30h);

ex: Nisa Collection.
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Parthia, Phraates II., 132 - 127 BCAR dr., 4,04gr, 20mm;
Sellw. 16var., Shore 44, Sunr. - ;
mint: Mithradatkert?, axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed bust, left, w/diadem, knot, and 2 ribbons; medium long hair, mustache, short beard; earring, necklace; complete dotted border;
rev.: archer, right, on omphalos w/bow in left hand; 4-line legend (2+2) w/o guidelines: BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛoY APΣAKoY ΘEoΠAToPoΣ ; exergual line, monogram 6 for Mithradatkert (?) below.
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Parthia, Andragoras, ca. 245-238 BC, AR DidrachmHelmeted head of Athena r.; monogram behind.
Owl standing r., head facing; galley prow r. above grape vine branch behind, AΘE to r.

Taylor 'Birds of a Feather' 2.15; HGC 12, 3 (Baktria); H. Nicolet-Pierre & M. Amandry, RN 1994, 49 (Baktria); SNG ANS 9, 4 var. (Baktria).

(18 mm, 8.11 g, 6h).

Roma Numismatics E-Live 4 (20 Nov. 2018), lot 440; ex- 'Andragoras-Sophytes' Hoard.

This coin like all the Series 2 didrachms has a strongly developed hammered edge fabric giving the edge of the coin a faceted appearance that is much more evident in hand than in the photo.

Although the mint control symbol consisting of a galley prow may seem out of place on a coin struck in Parthia, it should be remembered that the province of Parthia bordered the Caspian Sea, the world's largest inland body of water, undoubtedly plied by galleys in ancient times.

The 'Andragoras-Sophytes' hoard came to market from mid-late 2017. It was reputedly found in 2014 and consisted of approximately 600 coins from at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan (Hoard information: Olivier Bordeaux & Osmund Bopearachchi). Around half of these coins were marketed by Roma Numismatics in a succession of auctions commencing in 2017 and continuing through 2019.
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Parthia, Andragoras, ca. 245-238 BC, AR DidrachmHelmeted head of Athena r.; bunch of grapes behind.
Owl standing r., head facing, crescent, olive spray (largely off-flan) and bunch of grapes (mostly off-flan) behind, AΘE to r.

Taylor Birds of a Feather 2.3, 96 (dies a7/p12) ; HGC 12, 4 (Baktria); H. Nicolet-Pierre & M. Amandry, RN 1994, 24-28 (Baktria); SNG ANS 9, 5 (Baktria).

(19 mm, 7.94 g, 6h).

Roma Numismatics XVII (28 Mar. 2019), lot 587; ex 'Andragoras-Sophytes' Hoard.

The 'Andragoras-Sophytes' hoard came to market from mid-late 2017. It was reputedly found in 2014 and consisted of approximately 600 coins from at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan (Hoard information: Olivier Bordeaux & Osmund Bopearachchi). Around half of these coins were marketed by Roma Numismatics in a succession of auctions commencing in 2017 and continuing through to 2019.
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Parthia, Andragoras, ca. 245-238 BC, AR DrachmHelmeted head of Athena right.
Eagle standing left, head right; grape bunch and leaf on vine with kerykeion (partially off flan) above.

Taylor Birds of a Feather 3.7, 176 (this coin illustrated); HGC 12, 8 var. (no kerykeion) (R2); Bopearachchi, Sophytes 2 var.; SNG ANS 9, 14-16 var. (no kerykeion); Mitchiner 26d.

(13 mm, 3.48 g, 6h).
Classical Numismatic Group Mail Bid Auction 75, 23 May 2007, 613.
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Parthia, Andragoras, ca. 245-238 BC, AR TetradrachmHelmeted head of Athena r.; ΠYMH monogram behind in lower l. field.
Owl standing r., head facing; olive-sprig, crescent and grape bunch behind, AΘE to r.

Taylor Birds of a Feather 2.7, 51 (this coin) dies A5/P8; HGC 12, 2 var.; H. Nicolet-Pierre & M. Amandry, "Un nouveau trésor de monnaies d’argent pseudo-Athéniennes venu d’Afghanistan” RN 1994, 13-15 (attributed to Baktria); Bopearachchi Sophytes 1 (Baktria); Mitchiner 13e (attributed to Babylon).

(22 mm, 16.83 g, 6h).

Coin India; ex- Hakim Hamidi (an Afghan coin dealer).
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Parthia, Arsakes I., 247 - 211 BCAR dr., 4,24gr., 18mm; Sellwood 1.1, Shore 1, Sunrise 234;
mint: Mithradatkart, axis: 11h;
obv.: beardless bust, right, w/bashlyk, 2 ribbons in back, loose cap tie down the side of the neck; neck hair; earring;
rev.: archer, left, w/bow in right hand; two-line legend: APΣAKOY right, (A)VTOKPATORO(Y) left;

in: David Sellwood, The Coinage of Parthia, Spink 1980, plate coin # 1.1.
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Parthia, Artabanos IIIAR tetradrachm
c. 80 – 90 AD (struck May, 81 AD)
29 mm., 13.29 gm.
Seleukeia on the Tigris mint
Obv: Diademed bust left
Rev: Artabanos seated left, receiving open diadem from Tyche standing right, holding scepter; year above, month in exergue
Sellwood 74.5 var., Sunrise 441 var. (Artabanos V), SNP7: 841A (this coin)
Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum, Volume 7, Vologases I - Pacorus II, Plate 50, #841A
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Parthia, Artabanos III., 80 - 90 ADAR tdr., 13,48gr, 26,6mm; Sellwood 74.3, Shore -, Sunrise 441 (Artabanos V, 79/80-ca.85) AD); Sinisi Type I, p.104
mint: Seleukia; axis: 12h; date: November (?) 80 AD
obv.: bare-headed, left, 4-layer broad diadem, 1 loop and 2 broad ribbons; medium-long hair in 4 waves, mustache, med.-long beard gently rounded off; earring, 3-layer necklace; tunic w/ornamental fishbone border;
rev.: king, left, on throne, facing goddess w/staff or sceptre offering untied diadem in right hand; dagger on left side(?); 6 lines of legend visible: (B)ACIΛ(EΩN) (PTA)BAN(OY) ΔIKΛIOY (A)ΠE (ΛAIOY?) EΠIΦΛNOYC (ΦIΛEΛΛHNOC); year between the heads BΦT (80/81 AD); exergual line;

in: Fabrizio Sinisi, Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum, Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 2013, cf. Plate 50, Artabanos III Type I/1(1), #844A.
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Parthia, Elymais, Kamnaskires IVAR obol
c. 63/2 – 54/3 BC
8 mm., 0.59 gm.
Uncertain mint
Obv. Diademed male bust left, short beard, uncertain mintmark
Rev: Belos or Zeus seated left on throne, holding a small Nike in outstretched right hand and scepter in left hand
Van’t Haaff 8.2.3-1a (this coin, page 71 of the “Catalogue of Elymaean Coinage” by P.A. van’t Haaff, published by CNG, Inc., 2007)
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Parthia, Elymais, Kamnaskires IVAR hemidrachm
c. 63/2-54/3 BC
2.02 gm.
Obv: Diademed and draped male bust left with full beard, horse head mintmark
Rev: Belos or Zeus seated left on throne, holding small Nike in his outstretched right hand and a scepter in his left hand; no monogram; date off flan
Van’t Haaff 8.3.3-1.a (this coin, page 73 of the “Catalogue of Elymaean Coinage” by P.A. van’t Haaff, published by CNG, Inc., 2007)
Kamnaskires
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Parthia, Elymais, Kamnaskires IVAR obol
c. 63/2 – 54/3 BC
9 mm., 0.50 gm.
Uncertain mint
Obv. Diademed male bust left, short beard, uncertain mintmark
Rev: Belos or Zeus seated left on throne, holding a small Nike in outstretched right hand and scepter in left hand
Van’t Haaff 8.2.3-1b (this coin, page 71 of the “Catalogue of Elymaean Coinage” by P.A. van’t Haaff, published by CNG, Inc., 2007)

Ex-Asher D. Atchick Collection
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Parthia, Elymais, Kamnaskires-OrodesAE drachm
Early to mid 2nd Century AD
15 mm., 3.68 gm.
Obv: Facing bust with large hair tufts at both sides, one crossbar on anchor, small symbol between bust and anchor
Rev: Dashes
Van’t Haaff 12.3.1-1B.e (this coin, page 101 of the “Catalogue of Elymaean Coinage” by P.A. van’t Haaff, published by CNG, Inc., 2007)
Ex-Van’t Haaff Collection
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Parthia, Elymais, Orodes I, late 1st to early 2nd cent.ADAE tdr., 15,61gr, 27,44mm;
mint: Susa (?)
Van’t Haaff 11.1.1-1a (this coin), Alram p. 146, #466, NB3;
obv.: bare-headed bust, left, w/2-strand diadem, loop, 2 ribbons; straight top hair running across head, side hair combed backwards, mustache, long pointed curly beard, multi-turn torque ending in pellet; cuirass w/shoulder pads; in right lower filed anchor w/2 upper and 2 lower cross bars, crescent and pellet above; in lower left field Aramaic legend ‘Orodes’; dotted border 10 - 12h;
rev.: head, left, w/diadem surrounded by 4 lines of blundered letters;

in: P.A. Van't Haaff, Catalogue of Elymaean Coinage, CNG 2007, p. 92, type 11.1.1-1a; also in: Parthia.com.
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Parthia, Elymais, Orodes I., mid/late 1st cent.ADAE tdr., 15,61gr., 27,44mm;
Van’t Haaff 11.1.1c (this coin), Alram p.146 #466, pl. 15, NB3;
mint: axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/2-strand diadem, loop and 2 ribbons; med.-long bushy hair brushed back over the ear, mustache, long tapering beard cut off at the end; earring, multi-layer torque ending in pellet; cuirass; in right field 2-crossbar anchor w/crescent and star above, in left field Aramaic or Pahlavi MLK’ or part of it; dotted border 11 - 13h;
rev.: traces of small portrait surrounded by 4 lines of ‘Greek’ originally being BAΣIΛEΩΣ YPΩΔHΣ;

in: P.A. Van't Haaff, Catalogue of Elymaean Coinage, CNG 2007, p.92, 11.1.1-1c; also in: Parthia.com, Coins of Elymais;
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Parthia, Elymais, Orodes IVSecond half of 2nd Century AD
12 mm., 2.60 gm.
Obv: Bust left, hair tuft at top and at back, anchor in left field
Rev: Female bust to left, hair tuft falling at back right
Van’t Haaff 17.1.1-2a (this coin, page 140 of the “Catalogue of Elymaean Coinage” by P.A. van’t Haaff, published by CNG, Inc., 2007)
Ex-Van’t Haaff Collection
Kamnaskires
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Parthia, Elymais, PhraatesAE tetradrachm
Early to mid 2nd century AD
25 x 27 mm., 14.46 gm.
Obv: Bust to left in tiara with star in crescent; two line legend in left field; two crossbars on anchor
Rev: Degenerated dashes
Van’t Haaff 14.7.1-1B.a (this coin, page 127 of the “Catalogue of Elymaean Coinage” by P.A. van’t Haaff, published by CNG, Inc., 2007)
Ex-Van’t Haaff Collection
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Parthia, Gotarzes I 95-87 B.C. DrachmParthia Gotarzes I 95-87 B.C. Silver Drachm, 20mm. Draped bust in horned tiara/Archer seated holding bow. Sellwood 33.4. Sh. 114v. VF, but with planchet lamination. Ex EcinPodiceps
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Parthia, Herat. King Sanabares (c. A.D. 50 - 65) AE DrachmObv: Bust left wearing diadem.
Rev: Archer seated right with bow.
Sellwood 93.4-5.
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Parthia, Mithradates II AR DrachmMithradates II. 121-91 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 4.17 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Struck circa 120/19-109 BC. Diademed bust left / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow. Sellwood 26.1; Sunrise 290-1; Shore 77 In NGC encapsulation graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5; Surface: 4/5.

Ex Dr. Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Roma E-Sale 14 (27 December 2014), lot 252.
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Parthia, Mithradates II Drachm, Sellwood 27.1 variant Rhagae mint, Mithradates II Drachm, 123-88 B.C. AR, 20mm 3.87g, Sellwood 27.1 variant
O: long-bearded bust left wearing diadem; circular border of pellets
R: five-line Greek inscription but with retrograde E in EPIFANOYE = BAEILEWE BAEILEWE MEGALOY APEAKOY EPIFANOYE, beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; empty cloak arm indefinite ending at seat; no border

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Parthia, Mithridates IIIParthia, Mithridates III (sold as Orodes I). 87-80/79 BC. AR Drachm (3.61 gm). Bust of Mithridates III r. wearing smooth-topped cap with decorated ear pieces. / Archer king enthroned, r. with bow outstretched. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜEΓAΛOY ARΣAKOY AYTOKPATOPOΣ ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΣΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛEΛΛHNΟΣ. VF. This issue has traditionally been assigned to Orodes I, but has been reattributed to Mithradates III by Assar. Sellwood 31.5 (Orodes I); Shore 124 (Orodes I); SGC 7389; ZDZ89. (Consigned for sale, 2021)Anaximander
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Parthia, Orodes I. or Mithradates III.,, 90 - 77 BCAR tdr., 16,16gr, 29,4mm; Sellwood 31.1, Shore --, Sunrise 306 (Mithradates III, 87-80 BC);
mint: Seleukia, axis: 12h;
obv.: head, left, w/tiara (3rows of pellets, 6-point star as side decoration, long ear flaps) and diadem w/knot and 2 ribbons; mustache, medium-long beard; earring, torque w/single pellet finial; cuirass w/star on chest; dotted border almost complete;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in right hand; 7-line legend: BΛCIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛoY ΛPΣΛKoY ΛYToKPΛTo(PoC) ΦIΛoΠΛToPoC EΠIΦΛNoYC ΦIΛEΛΛΗNoC; exergual line;

in: David Sellwood The Coinage of Parthia, Spink, 1980, plate #31.1, and 1971, plate #31/4; also in: Parthia.com, Orodes I; also in: Michael Mitchiner, The Ancient and Classical World, Hawkins, 1971 p. 112, #531.
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PARTHIA, Orodes IIRhagai mint. Diademed and draped bust left, wearing torque ending in pellet / BΛCIΛEΩC/BΛKIΛEΩH ΛP CΛKOY EVEPΓETOV/ΔIKΛ• •Y EΠIΦΛNOYΣ/ΦIΛEΛΛNI• •C (sic), archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; ΓP monogram below bow; quadrate Cs in legend. Sellwood 45.12; cf. Shore 224 (for type); Sunrise –.

Published in "An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia" (1971) by David Sellwood. Plate number 5, identified as 45/10.
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Parthia, Orodes II. or Mithradates IV., 58/57 - 55 BCBI tdr., 15,02gr, mm; Sellwood 44.1, Shore - , Sunrise 355 (Mithradates IV);
mint: Seleukia; axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/ broad diadem, 2 loops and 2 ribbons; medium-long hair in 5 waves, mustache, short beard; multi-turn torque w/pellet finial; cuirass; dotted border 7 to 15h;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in one hand; 5-line legend: BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN (M)EΓAΛOV APΣAKOV KAI KTIΣT(OV); exergual line; KTIΣTOΣ meaning: founder - S. 44.1 is the only coin using this epithet (to my knowledge);

in: David Sellwood , The Coinage of Parthia, Spink 1980, plate #44.1.
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Parthia, Orodes II., 57 - 38 BCBI tdr., 13,92 gr, mm; Sellwood 45.6, Shore 209, Sunrise -;
mint: Seleukia; axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/broad diadem, 2 broad ribbons; medium-long hair in 4 waves, possibly no facial hair; multi-turn torque ending in something other than pellet; ear ring; cuirass w/star on chest; dotted border 8 to 16h;
rev.: king on throne, left, extending right arm to receive hand of kneeling Tyche; symbol between heads; 7-line legend: BAΣIΛEΩ(Σ) BAΣIΛEΩN APΣAKOY (blurred) EVEPΓETOV ΔIKAIOV EΠIΦANOVΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ in exergue: ΠA = Panimou;

A SELLWOOD PLATE COIN (David Sellwood, The Coinage of Parthia, second edition, 1980 and first edition, 1971). Also in: Parthia.com.
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Parthia, Pakoros II., 77/78 - 105 ADAR tdr., 13,44gr, 25,8mm; Sellwood 75.4, Shore -, Sunrise -, Sinisi Type II, p. 86;
mint: Seleukia; axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/facing torso; 4-layer broad diadem, 1 loop and 2 broad ribbons; medium-long hair in 4 waves of curls, beardless; 3-layer necklace; tunic w/ornamental border; in upper right field Δ;
rev.: king, left, on horseback, facing goddess w/staff or sceptre offering diadem in right hand behind her male figure w/untied diadem(?); 1 line of legend readable: (BACIΛEΩC) (BACIΛEΩN) (APCAKOY) ΠΛKO(POV) (EΠIΦANOVC) (ΦIΛEΛΛHNOC); exergual line; year between the heads and month in exergue unreadable;

in: Fabrizio Sinisi, Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, p. 60, # 1114.
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Parthia, Pakoros II., 78 - 105 ADAR dr., 3,42gr, 20,74mm; Sellwood 73.13, Shore 397, Sunrise-, Sinisi Type Vb, p. 89;
mint: Court at Ekbatana; axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/ 4-strand diadem, 2 loops and 3 ribbons; medium-long hair in 3 waves, beardless; earring, 3 layer necklace; in upper right field above loops the Aramaic letters for pk; tunic border in fishbone pattern; dotted border 9 to 16h;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in one hand and monogram below bow; left lower leg missing; 7-line legend: OΛIIΛE OΛIIΛTΛN NIΛNOO ΛXIOV ΠNPΛII (last two to be read from the inside), EΠΦΛNOC ΦIAH ... (blurred letters);

A Sellwood plate coin: David Sellwood, An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia, Second Edition, Spink 1980, plate 73.13.
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Parthia, Persia, Orodes II king of Parthia (55/54–37/36 BC) Orodes II (57-38 B.C.)
AE Tetrachalkous 3.66g 20mm (PDC 6465)
Mint: Ecbatana
Obv: short-bearded bust left wearing diadem and pellet-ended torque, crescent behind; (usually) no wart visible on forehead; circular border of pellets
Rev: Tyche walking right holding wreath in extended right hand; below wreath, monogram [~]; no border; seven-line Greek inscription = ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ Coin #656
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Parthia, Phraatakes, 2 - 4 ADBI tdr., 9,66gr; 25,5mm; Sellw. 57.10-12 , Shore -, Sunrise -;
mint: Seleukia; axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/4-strand diadem; medium-long hair in 5 rows of curls, mustache, med.-long pointed beard; 3-layer necklace (w/1 strange interrupted line running above and across); tunic/cuirass w/ornamental border; in upper left field goddess w/diadem, goddess in right field off flan; dotted border 10 to 13h.
rev.: king, right, on throne w/bow in outstretched right hand; below the year AIT = 1 AD; pellet between throne legs; exergual line; 6 lines of legend visible: (BΛCIΛEΩC) BΛCIΛE(ΩN) (ΛP)CΛK(OY) EYEPΓETO(Y) ΔIKΛIOV, no month, (E)ΠIΦΛNOVC (ΦIΛE)ΛΛHNO(C);

A Sellwood 1980 plate coin (David Sellwood, The Coinage of Parthia, second edition, 1980, plate #57.10); Michael Mitchiner, ACW, p. 116, #601, plate coin.
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PARTHIA, Phraates IIEkbatana mint. Struck circa 128-127 BC. Diademed bust left / BAΣIΛ EΩΣ/MEΓ AΛOY downward to right, APΣAKOV/ΘΕΟΠATOPΣ (sic) downward to left, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow. Sellwood 16.1; Shore 41; Sunrise 269.

Published in "An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia" (1971) by David Sellwood. Plate number 3, identified as 16/1.
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Parthia, Satrapy of Andragoras, ca. 250-238 BC, AR TetradrachmHelmeted head of Athena r.
Owl standing r., head facing, olive-sprig and crescent behind, AΘ[E] to r.

Taylor 'Birds of a Feather' 1.1; SNG ANS 9, 1; HGC 12, 1.

(23 mm, 16.73 g, 6h).

Roma Numismatics eSale 45 (5 May 2018), Lot 373; ex-'Andragoras-Sophytes' Hoard.


The advanced style of the owl and the 6h die adjustment of this coin indicate that it was struck at the end of Series 1 in the transition to Series 2 at which time the die axis adjustment changed from 12h to 6h and the reverse incuse square gave way to a non-incuse reverse. This intermediate fabric is proof that the two series were struck without a time gap between them.

The 'Andragoras-Sophytes' hoard came to market from mid-late 2017. It was reputedly found in 2014 and consisted of approximately 600 coins from at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan (Hoard information: Olivier Bordeaux & Osmund Bopearachchi). Around half of these coins were marketed by Roma Numismatics in a succession of auctions commencing in 2017 and continuing through 2019.
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Mithradates_II__28123-88_B_C_292C_AR-Drachm2C_Sellwood_28_22C_Shore_--2C_Q-0012C_0h2C_192C0mm2C_32C88ga-s.jpg
Parthia, Sellwood 28.2., Mithradates II. (123-88 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1Parthia, Sellwood 28.2., Mithradates II. (123-88 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1
avers: Long-bearded bust left wearing a tiara (T28iv) with six-point star, torque end single or double peller, circular border of pellets.
reverse: Beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding a bow in the right hand, no border,five-line Greek inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 19,0mm, weight: 3,88g, axes: 0h,
mint: Ecbatana, date: 123-88 B.C., ref: Sellwood 28.2, Shore --,
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Parthia, Sellwood 28.4., Mithradates II. (123-88 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1Parthia, Sellwood 28.4., Mithradates II. (123-88 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1
avers: Long-bearded bust left wearing a tiara (T28iv) with six-point star, torque end single or double peller, circular border of pellets.
reverse: Beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding a bow in the right hand, no border,five-line Greek inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 19,0-20,5mm, weight: 4,11g, axes: 0h,
mint: Ecbatana, date: 123-88 B.C., ref: Sellwood 28.4, Shore --,
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Parthia, Sellwood 30.14., Unknown King II., (80-70 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1Parthia, Sellwood 30.14., Unknown King II., (80-70 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1
avers: Short-bearded bust left wearing diadem, hair covering ear, single-pellet-ended torque, circular border of pellets.
reverse: Beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne; empty cloak sleeve pointed and reaching only to seat level, holding bow in right hand; no border; five-line Greek inscription: BAΣIΛEΩΣ/ MEΓAΛoY/ APΣAKoY(retrograde)/ ΘEOΠATOPOΣ/ EYEPΓEToY.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 18,5-20,5mm, weight: 4,05g, axes: 0h,
mint: Ecbatana, date: 80-70 B.C.,
ref: Sellwood 30.14, Shore 131 (Orodes I), BMC Parthia 10, Mitchiner ACW cf. 530, de Morgan pl.VIII, 8,
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Parthia, Sellwood 31.6.(???), Orodes I. (90-77 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1Parthia, Sellwood 31.6.(???), Orodes I. (90-77 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1
avers: King head, left, w/tiara (3 rows of pellets, eight-point star as side decoration, long ear flap) and diadem w/ribbon, mustache, short beard; earring(???), cuirass, dotted border 8 to 14h.
revers: Archer, right, on throne, w/bow in right hand. 7-line legend: BAΣIΛEΩΣ/ MEΓAΛoY/ APΣAKoY /AVToKPAToPoΣ /ΦIΛoΠAToPoΣ /EΠIΦANoYΣ /ΦIΛEΛΛΗNoΣ, exergual line.
exerg: -/-//--, diameter: 19,4-21,3mm, weight: 3,91g, axes: 0h,
mint: Ekbatana (???), date: (???) B.C., ref: Sellwood_31-6, (???)
Q-001
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Parthia, Sellwood 31.6.(???), Orodes I. (90-77 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #2Parthia, Sellwood 31.6.(???), Orodes I. (90-77 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #2
avers: King head, left, w/tiara (3 rows of pellets, eight-point star as side decoration, long ear flap) and diadem w/ribbon, mustache, short beard; earring(???), cuirass, dotted border 8 to 14h.
reverse: Archer, right, on the throne, w/bow in the right hand. 7-line legend: BAΣIΛEΩΣ/ MEΓAΛoY/ APΣAKoY /AVToKPAToPoΣ /ΦIΛoΠAToPoΣ /EΠIΦANoYΣ /ΦIΛEΛΛΗNoΣ, exergual line.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 18,3-20,0mm, weight: 4,05g, axes: 0h,
mint: Ekbatana (???), date: (???) B.C., ref: Sellwood 31-6, (???)
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Parthia, Sellwood 33.4., Gotarzes I. (95 - 87 B.C.) or Sinatrukes (93 - 70 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1Parthia, Sellwood 33.4., Gotarzes I. (95 - 87 B.C.) or Sinatrukes (93 - 70 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1
avers: Head, left, w/tiara (3 rows of pellets, stags on the crest, horn as side decoration, long ear flap) and diadem w/knot and ribbons, mustache, long beard, earring, torque w/single pellet finial, cuirass, dotted border 11 to 3h.
reverse: Beardless archer, right, on the throne, w/bow in one hand, 5-line Greek legend (Sellwood type ii): BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOV APΣAKOV ΘEOΠATOPOV NIKATOPOΣ.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 17,3-19,4mm, weight: 3,85g, axes: 0h,
mint: Rhagai, date: Gotarzes I. (95 - 87) B.C. or Sinatrukes (93 - 70) B.C., ref: Sellwood 33.4, Shore 113-115, Sunrise 302 (Sinatrukes),
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Parthia, Sellwood 40.3var.(legend!), Mithradates III. (57-54 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1Parthia, Sellwood 40.3var.(legend!), Mithradates III. (57-54 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1
avers: Short-bearded bust left wearing double-banded diadem and segmented necklet with medallion; circular border of pellets
reverse: beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding a bow in the right hand, below the bow, monogram, no border, seven-line Greek inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝ
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 19,0-20,0mm, weight: 3,55g, axes: 0h,
mint: Mithradatkart, date: 57-54 B.C., ref: Sellwood 40.3 (legend !), Shore --0,
Q-001
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Parthia, Sellwood 48.9., Orodes II. (57-38 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1Parthia, Sellwood 48.9., Orodes II. (57-38 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1
avers: Bare-headed, left, w/broad diadem, knot, and 3 ribbons, medium-long hair in 5 waves, mustache, medium-long pointed beard in 2 rows of curls, wart on forehead, multi-turn torque w/sea-horse finial, star in left, crescent and star in right upper field, dotted border 10 to 14h.
reverse: Archer, right, on the throne, w/bow in one hand and monogram below, behind throne anchor, 7-line legend Greek inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 19,4-21,2mm, weight: 3,90g, axes: 0h,
mint: Ecbatana, date: 57-38 B.C., ref: Sellwood 48.9, Shore 261, Sunrise 381,
Q-001
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Parthia, Sellwood 53.5., Phraates IV. (38-2 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1Parthia, Sellwood 53.5., Phraates IV. (38-2 B.C.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1
avers: Bust of the king with diadem and drapery, in front of it star, behind it eagle with the wreath.
reverse: Archer, right, on the throne, w/bow in right hand, in left field star, in right field, monogram. 7-line legend: BAΣIΛEΩΣ/ MEΓAΛoY/ APΣAKoY /AVToKPAToPoΣ ???/??? /??? /???,
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 17,5-20,5mm, weight: 3,74g, axes: 0h,
mint: Laodikeia ???, date: 38-2 B.C., ref: Sellwood 53.5, Shore 295,
Q-001
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Parthia, Sellwood 63.6., Artabanos II. (10-38 A.D.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1Parthia, Sellwood 63.6., Artabanos II. (10-38 A.D.), AR-Drachm, Archer right on throne, #1
avers: Bare-headed, left, w/4-strand diadem, 2 loops, and 3 ribbons, medium-long, almost straight hair, mustache, medium-long square-cut beard, earring, 3-turn necklace, dotted border 9 - 15h.
reverse: Archer, right, on the throne, w/bow in the vise-like outstretched hand, below bow monogram, the 7-line Greek legend: BΛCIΛEΩC BΛCIΛEΩN ΛPCΛKOV EVEPΓETOV ΔIXAIOV EΠIΦΛNOYC ΦIΛEΛΛHNOC.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 18,2-20,0mm, weight: 3,73g, axes: 0h,
mint: Ecbatana, date: 10-38 A.D., ref: Sellwood 63.6., Shore 341, Sunrise 412 (Artabanos IV.),
Q-001
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Parthia, Sellwood 87.15., Vologases V. (191-208 A.D.), BI-Tetradrachm, King left on throne, #1Parthia, Sellwood 87.15., Vologases V. (191-208 A.D.), BI-Tetradrachm, King left on throne, #1
avers: King head, left, w/multi-strand diadem, loop, and 4 ribbons, curly hair on top, side hair in a bun of concentric curls over the ear, mustache, long triangular beard, earring (?) 2-layer necklace w/central medallion, tunic/cuirass w/ornamental border.
reverse: King, left, on the throne, receiving wreath or diadem from facing goddess in a long robe, between the heads the year HΦ (194/195 AD), exergual line, partial letters around the edge.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 24mm, weight: 13,12g, axes: 0h,
mint: Seleucia, date:HΦ=194/195 A.D., ref: Sellwood 87.15, Shore 444,
Q-001
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Parthia, Sinatrukes (Brother of Mithridates II). Parthia, Sinatrukes (Brother of Mithridates II). Sold as Gotarzes I 93/2-70/69 BC. AR Drachm (3.60 gm) Rhagae mint. Bust of Sinatrukes l. (or Gotarzes), long bearded bust wearing diademed tiara decorated with bull horn and crest of stags. / Beardless Arsaces enthroned, r. wearing kyrbasia and cloak, with bow outstretched. Legend II. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜEΓAΛOY ARΣAKOY ΘEOΠΑΤΟY ΝIKATΟΥ (Great King Arsaces, son of God, Victor). EF. Sellwood 33-3 (Gotarzes I); Shore 113 (Gotarzes I); BMC Parthia pg. 51, 55 (Phraates III?); MACW 543 var. (Phraates III; tiara style); SNG Cop. 71ff (Phraates III); MIG 639v. (Consigned for sale, 2021)Anaximander
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Parthia, Unknown Ruler, 80 - 70 BCAR tdr., 15,82gr., 28,2mm;
Sellw. 30.4, Sh --, Sunrise 312 (this coin)(Arsakes XVI., 78/77 - 62/61 BC);
mint: Seleukia, axis: 12H;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/diadem, knot, and ribbon; medium h-long hair in 4 waves, mustache, short beard; cuirass; dotted border 18:30 - 13h; young face;
rev: archer, right, on throne, w/bow; monogr. above bow; 7-line legend: BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛOY APΣAKOY (ΘEO)ΠATOPOΣ (EY)EPΓETOY EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNO(Σ);

in: Numismatic Art of Persia, The Sunrise Collection, CNG 2011, p.182, #312.

also in: Parthika.fr, Les Différents Types.
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Parthia, Vardanes I.Parthia, Vardanes I. 38-46 BC. BI Tetradrachm (15.53 gm) of Seleukeia on the Tigris. Bearded bust of Vardanes I l. w/ diadem. Wart on forehead. / "King enthroned, r. with Tych before offering palm branch, bearing cornicopiae.
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ARΣAKOY ΣΥΠΑTΟPOΣ ΔIKAIOY ΣΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛEΛΛHNΟΣ. Year ΔNT SE 354 (AD 43); ΔYCTPOV (month) in exergue " VF. Sellwood 64.14; Shore 351; SNG Cop. 154. (Consigned for sale, 2021)
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Parthia, Vologases II., 76/77 - 79 ADAR diobol, 1,26gr, 11,8mm; Sellwood Num. Chron. 1989, pp. 164, 165, plate 42, Type 3, Shore 390 (this coin), Sunrise-; Sinisi -;
mint: probably Persis; axis: 12h;
obv.: head, left, w/tiara(?) and diadem, 2 loops and 2 ribbons, all w/dotted line in between; 1 row of dots over the crest of the headgear beginning w/1 oversized dot, 1 row of medium-sized dots above and 1 below the crest, mustache, long beard; tunic/cuirass w/ornamental border (row of dots between 2 lines); dotted border 13:30 to 16h;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in outstretched hand; degenerate circular legend of rounded letters;

in: Fred B. Shore, Parthian Coins & History, CNG 1993, p.150, #390.
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Parthia, Vologases II., 78 - 80 ADAR dr., 3,53gr, 20.9mm; Sellwood 72.9, Shore 389 (this coin), Sunrise -; Sinisi II.1.4.a, # 1321, (Vologases I), pp. 112, 113;
mint: Ekbatana (?); axis: 12h;
obv.: head, left, w/ tiara, broad 4-layer diadem, double loop and 3 ribbons, on the crest of the tiara a row of 6 hooks and 1 central double hook, diadem w/1 side hook (horn?), side lock (hook) on temple, mustache, medium-long straight pointed beard rounded on the sides; earring, 3-layer necklace; in upper right field the 3 Aramaic letters for mwl; tunic/cuirass w/ornamental border; dotted border 9:30 to 14:30h;
rev.: archer, right, on throne, w/bow in one outstretched hand and monogram below bow; 4 lines of legend readable: OΛIIΛ invertedE(ΛC) OΛIIΛ inverted E Λ(Ͷ) ΠOIXVHOΛO XIVIVVHX;
the style deviates completely from the two former coins, the metal is not silver, it has a distinct bronze sheen. Sinisi lists it under ‘Uncertain Coins and Forgeries’. This coin may be a contemporary imitation;

in: Fred B. Shore, Parthian Coins and History, CNG 1993, p. 150, # 389.
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Parthia, Vologases VI Tetradrachm, Sellwood 88.2Seleucia Mint, Vologases VI Tetradrachm 208-222 A.D. BI, 24mm 9.94g, Sellwood 88.2
O: Bust left with long, tapered beard wearing tiara with hooks on crest, horn on side and long, curved earflap and earring, lock of hair on forehead representing royal wart, B behind head.
R: King seated left on throne, Tyche standing right before him, giving him diadem and holding scepter; standard legend off the flan and severely blundered. Seleucid date uncertain above diadem
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Parthian Empire, Mithradates II, c. 123 - 88 B.C.Silver drachm; SGCV 7372, (Selwood 28.3); Weight 4.1gr., Max Diameter 20.38 mm. Obv: long-bearded, cuir. bust l. wearing tiara with six-point star, 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. Slightly toned, concave from the rev. side hard strike.

Background info;
Mithradates II was the eighth and one of the greatest Parthian kings. He defeated all Seleukid attempts to reclaim their Eastern territories and made Parthia a formidable, unified empire. He adopted the title Epiphanes, "god manifest". He made contact with Rome and introduced new designs on his extensive coinage. Late in his reign he exerted influence in Armenia, taking as hostage a prince who would become Tigranes the Great of Armenia. -- www.parthia.com

Steve E
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Parthian Empire: King Mithradates II, AE Dichalkon.Parthian Empire: King Mithradates II, AE Dichalkon, Parthia, Rhagae 123-88 B.C. 2.95g - 19.4mm, Axis 12h.

Obv: Diademed bust left, with long beard, and wearing tiara; MI over monogram behind head.

Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΣΩΝ ΜΣΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΣΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ - Horse's head right.

Ref: Sellwood, 27/10; Shore, 496.
Rated: Rare.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.
Christian Scarlioli
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Parthian Empire: King Mithradates II, AE Tetrachalkos.Parthia, Ecbatana 123-88 B.C. 7.04g - 22.6mm, Axis 11h.

Obv: Diademed bust left, with long beard; M behind head.

Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ - Horse walking right.

Ref: Shore-91; Sellwood-24.35.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.
Christian Scarlioli
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Parthian Empire: King Vologases III, AR Drachm.Parthia, Ekbatana 105-147 A.D. 3.34g - 20.4mm, Axis12h.

Obv: Diademed bust left, with long pointed beard.

Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN / ΑΡΣΑΚΟY / EYEPΓETOY / ΔΙΚΑΙΟY / ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ / ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ / AT• - Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; AT• monogram below bow.

Ref: Shore 415; Sellwood 78.5.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.
Christian Scarlioli
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Parthian Kingdom, Vologases III, DrachmParthia, Vologases III, year 105 - 147
AR Drachm
Ekbatana mint
Obv.: bust left, with four-stranded diadem, 2 loops and 3 ribbons; long triangular beard, long hair in 3 waves; earring, 3-layer necklace; dotted border
Rev.: archer, right, on throne, with bow in one outstretched hand and mint monogram below; throne seat (−) and 4 cross bars through back, archer is missing left lower leg, cross below right thigh for throne leg
Ref.: Sellwood 78.5, Shore 415.
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