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Phraatakes, 2 BC - 4 AD
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BI tdr., 14,23gr; 27,26mm; Sellw. 57.2 , Shore -, Sunrise -;
mint: Seleukia; axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/4-strand diadem and 3 ribbons; medium-long hair in 3 rows of curls, mustache, med.-long tapered beard cut at then end; 4-layer necklace; tunic/cuirass w/ornamental border; in upper left field goddess w/diadem, goddess in right field off flan;
rev.: king, right, on throne w/bow in outstretched right hand; below vertically the year AIT = 1 AD; exergual line; 7 lines of legend visible: (BΛCIΛCΩC) BΛCIΛC(ΩN) (ΛPΛK(OY) CYCPΓCTO(Y) ΔIKΛIOV(to be read from inside) ΛVΔ(Y)NΛIO(V) (E)ΠIΦΛNOVC (ΦIΛ)HΛΛHNO(C);
ex: Baldwin’s Auction 96 (09/15), multiple coin lot (ex David Sellwood Collection).
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