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584109. Sold For $575

KINGS of PARTHIA. Meherdates. Usurper, AD 49-50. AR Drachm (21.5mm, 3.45 g, 12h). Ekbatana mint. Facing bust, wearing tiara; stars flanking / (quadrate O)ΛIΛ(quadrate C)Λ(quadrate C)/(quadrate O)Λ(quadrate C)IΛ(quadrate C)Λ above, ΛI IΛN(quadrate O)Δ to right, IVIIГ(quadrate C)T(quadrate O)Δ/ΛIXΛI(quadrate O)V below, IΠI+ΛN(quadrate O)V(quadrate O)(quadrate C)/+IΛIΛΛHX(quadrate O)(quadrate C) to left, archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, holding bow; monogram below bow. Sellwood 67.1 (Vonones I); Sunrise 417-8; Shore 368 (Vonones II). Toned, roughness, some scratches in obverse margin, slight double strike on reverse. EF.