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<p>[QUOTE="Alwin, post: 7824186, member: 108806"]I can finally answer this question.</p><p>A caribou came all the way here to delivery me this beautiful tetradrachm. </p><p>All my thanks to NVB who agreed to part with this little wonder!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1344481[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>PHRAATES IV</b>, Tetradrachm</p><p>Seleucia, April 25 B.C.</p><p>13.02 g - 27.5 mm </p><p>Sellwood 51.32</p><p><i>Obv.</i> Diademed bust left, torque ending in griffin.</p><p><i>Rv. </i>Phraates seated right, receiving palm from Tyche standing left, BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN / APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY / ΔIKAIOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ </p><p>HΠΣ under the throne, (APTE) in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>The style of these tetradrachms shows that they come from dies made by a different engraver from the one or those responsible for the standard production. We are therefore tempted to think that these "griffin strikes" were produced in a workshop annexed to the main mint in Seleucia, or even in another mint, but there is no concrete evidence to confirm this hypothesis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alwin, post: 7824186, member: 108806"]I can finally answer this question. A caribou came all the way here to delivery me this beautiful tetradrachm. All my thanks to NVB who agreed to part with this little wonder! [ATTACH=full]1344481[/ATTACH] [B]PHRAATES IV[/B], Tetradrachm Seleucia, April 25 B.C. 13.02 g - 27.5 mm Sellwood 51.32 [I]Obv.[/I] Diademed bust left, torque ending in griffin. [I]Rv. [/I]Phraates seated right, receiving palm from Tyche standing left, BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN / APΣAKOY EYEPΓETOY / ΔIKAIOY / EΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ HΠΣ under the throne, (APTE) in exergue. The style of these tetradrachms shows that they come from dies made by a different engraver from the one or those responsible for the standard production. We are therefore tempted to think that these "griffin strikes" were produced in a workshop annexed to the main mint in Seleucia, or even in another mint, but there is no concrete evidence to confirm this hypothesis.[/QUOTE]
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