GS89569. Silver drachm, Sellwood 47.5, Shore 239, Sunrise -,
VF, toned, nice portrait, reverse off center, Ecbatana (Hamedan, Iran) mint, weight 3.935g, maximum diameter 20.3mm, die axis 0
o, obverse diademed and draped bust left with short beard, top of head flat, torque ending with pellet, no wart, wavy hair covering ear, star upper left, crescent horns up upper right; reverse BAΣIΛEΩΣ / BAΣIΛEΩN - APΣAKOY - EYEPΓET / ΔIKAIOY - EΠIΦANOYΣ / ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ squared legend around, beardless archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, wearing bashlyk and cloak, bow in extended right hand,
(Ecbatana control monogram) below bow, squared seven-line legend around; ex Ancient Imports (Marc Breitsprecher); ex Michigan State Numismatic Society Auction (Nov 1998), part of the Parthian Collection lot; first specimen of this type handled by FORVM;
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