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Electronic Auction 369  24 February 2016
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Lot 274

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 200 USD
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KINGS of PARTHIA. Meherdates. Usurper, AD 49-50. AR Drachm (22mm, 3.75 g, 1h). Ekbatana mint. Facing bust, wart on forehead, wearing tiara; stars flanking / Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 67.1 (Vonones II); Sunrise 417-8; Shore 368 (Vonones II). VF, toned, hard green deposits.

From the collection of David Sellar MVO, former Lord Lyon King of Arms.

For the reattribution of the Sellwood Type 67 coinage to Meherdates, see Sunrise p. 141
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