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IRAN/Parthia; Phraates IV ( فرهاد چهارم) BCE 38-2 ex Carathéodory Paşa collection

AR Tetradrachm; 14.69g, 26 x 27 mm, Seleucia mint, c. BCE 26-24

Sellwood 51.25-51.43 (date and month off flan) possible mule of 52.1 obs and 51.25 reverse

Shore 272 type

O: long bearded bust left wart on brow

R: King enthroned on left receiving palm from Tyche on rt holding cornucopiae. Year and month in ex off flan.

Top: BAΣΙΛΕ[ΩΣ]/BAΣΙΛΕΩ[N]

Right: APΣAK[OV]/EVEPΓET[OV]

Bottom (inverted): ΔIKAIOV[with month and year beneath].

Left: [E]ΠΙΦANOVΣ/ [ΦIΛ]EΛΛHN[OΣ]