ANCIENT COINS, THE DAVID SELLWOOD COLLECTION OF PARTHIAN COINS,
Vologases II (AD 76/7-79), Silver Drachm, minted at Ecbatana, bust left, wearing double banded diadem with double loop, and tiara with "hooks" on crest and a horn on side, quadrant bottom to beard, ear and ear-ring visible, Aramaic letters wl (for Wlgšy = Vologases) behind head and horn on tiara erased from coin, dotted border, rev archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, stylised and partly blundered, 3.19g, 2h (S 72.10 var). About very fine, very rare.
Estimate: £400-500