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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Conduitt, post: 5332619, member: 109923&quot;]I think the Parthian is Sellwood 78.5 (long pointed beard, earring, first line in Greek, 3 pendants, archer&#039;s seat is a horizontal line <a href="http://www.parthia.com/parthia_ident_drachm.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.parthia.com/parthia_ident_drachm.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.parthia.com/parthia_ident_drachm.htm</a>). I have a similar Sellwood 78 with a shorter beard and without the archer&#039;s seat:</p><p><br /></p><p><b><b>Vologases III or </b>Pacorus I, Drachm, <b>78-147AD</b></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1225541[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Ekbatana. Silver. 23mm, 3.44g (Sellwood 78.2).</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This page helps identify the Sasanians <a href="https://en.numista.com/numisdoc/identification-of-sasanian-coins-186.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/numisdoc/identification-of-sasanian-coins-186.html" rel="nofollow">https://en.numista.com/numisdoc/identification-of-sasanian-coins-186.html</a>. The ruler can be identified by the crown. On the reverse, the date is to the left of the attendants and the mint is to the right. The date is as here: <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Sasanian%20Dates" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Sasanian%20Dates" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Sasanian Dates</a>. I have two of Khusro II and they look much like yours:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Khosrow II Drachma, year 33 (623AD)</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1225558[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Ahmatana (Hamadan). Silver. 33mm, 4.10g (Göbl type II/3).</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Khosrow II Drachma, year 37 (627AD)</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1225559[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><b>Ahwaz. Silver. 32mm, 4.08g (Göbl type II/3).</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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