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<p>[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 4631089, member: 81887"]I have a tetradrachm of Gotarzes II with an unlisted date:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145514[/ATTACH]</p><p>Parthian Kingdom, Seleucia-on-Tigris mint. AR tetradrachm. Gotarzes II (40-51 AD), dated Apellaios, 355 Seleucid Era (=November, 43 AD). Obverse: Diademed bust of king left. Reverse: Seated king receives diadem from Tyche holding cornucopia; standard legend around "Basilews basilewn/ Arsakou euergetou/ Dikaiou/ Epiphanou philellenou" (King of Kings Arsaces, Benefactor, Just, God Manifest, Friend of the Greeks), in exergue partial month name. Cf. Sellwood 65.1 (month unlisted for this year).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The date on this tetradrachm of Apellaios 355 SE is two months earlier than the earliest date for Gotarzes II tetradrachms listed in Sellwood, Peritios 355 SE (January 44 AD), which would extend the length of the time period when both Gotarzes II and his brother Vardanes II were issuing tetradrachms from Seleukia. (Note: I initially read the year [the three letters between and above the king and Tyche on reverse] as 359, as the first letter looked more like a theta (9) than E (5). If that is in fact a theta and the date is Apellaios 359, it would still be an unpublished date combination, though it would fit more comfortably in between known dates for Gotarzes II.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 4631089, member: 81887"]I have a tetradrachm of Gotarzes II with an unlisted date: [ATTACH=full]1145514[/ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Seleucia-on-Tigris mint. AR tetradrachm. Gotarzes II (40-51 AD), dated Apellaios, 355 Seleucid Era (=November, 43 AD). Obverse: Diademed bust of king left. Reverse: Seated king receives diadem from Tyche holding cornucopia; standard legend around "Basilews basilewn/ Arsakou euergetou/ Dikaiou/ Epiphanou philellenou" (King of Kings Arsaces, Benefactor, Just, God Manifest, Friend of the Greeks), in exergue partial month name. Cf. Sellwood 65.1 (month unlisted for this year). The date on this tetradrachm of Apellaios 355 SE is two months earlier than the earliest date for Gotarzes II tetradrachms listed in Sellwood, Peritios 355 SE (January 44 AD), which would extend the length of the time period when both Gotarzes II and his brother Vardanes II were issuing tetradrachms from Seleukia. (Note: I initially read the year [the three letters between and above the king and Tyche on reverse] as 359, as the first letter looked more like a theta (9) than E (5). If that is in fact a theta and the date is Apellaios 359, it would still be an unpublished date combination, though it would fit more comfortably in between known dates for Gotarzes II.)[/QUOTE]
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