The images on this page are used with the kind permission of by permission UBS AG Gold & Numismatics. Please see the UBS 67 auction catalog for their detailed description of these coins.
The attributions and cataloging of Parthian coins used throughout this web site follow David Sellwood's An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia (1980, 2nd edition) for consistency. The few exceptions to this policy are explained here.
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Artabanus I (127-124 B.C.) AR Drachm 4.64g (PDC 5073) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 20.1 - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5496 (this coin) |
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Mithradates II (123-88 B.C.) AR Drachm 3.74g (PDC 5075) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 28.5 - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5497 (this coin) |
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Gotarzes I (95-90 B.C.) AR Drachm 4.00g (PDC 5076) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 33.3 - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5498 (this coin) |
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Orodes II (57-38 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm 15.46g (PDC 5077) Dated ΠΟ ΠΕ Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 45.3 - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5499 (this coin) - Petrowicz p.57,4; pl.IX-3 (as Orodes I) (this coin) |
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Orodes II (57-38 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm 10.77g (PDC 5078) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 48.3 variant (pellet under throne) - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5500 (this coin) |
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Orodes II (57-38 B.C.) AR Drachm 4.07g (PDC 5079) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 45.14 - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5501 (this coin) |
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Phraates IV (38-2 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm 14.52g (PDC 5080) Dated 288 [ΗΠ]Σ ΓΟΡΠΙΑ (BC 25-BC 24) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 52.6 - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5502 (this coin) |
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Tiridates I (29-27 B.C.) AR Tetradrachm 15.42g (PDC 5081) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 55.10 variant (no letter under throne) - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5503 (this coin) |
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Phraataces (2 B.C.-A.D. 4) AR Tetradrachm 13.13g (PDC 5082) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 56.3 - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5504 (this coin) - J. Vinchon, Paris, 7 (May 1995), lot 164 (this coin) - Triton VII (2004) lot 465 (this coin) |
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Phraataces (2 B.C.-A.D. 4) AR Tetradrachm 9.59g (PDC 5084) Dated 311 ΑΙΤ ΔΑΙΣΙ (BC 1) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 57.5 - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5505 (this coin) - CNG 36 (5-6 Dec 1995), lot 314 (this coin) - Shore 314 (this coin) |
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Artabanus II (A.D. 10-38) AR Tetradrachm 12.76g (PDC 5085) Dated 322 ΒΚΤ ΓΟΡ (ΕΤΟΥΣ ΒΚΤ in exergue) (10 AD-11 AD) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 61.2 - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5506 (this coin) |
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Artabanus II (A.D. 10-38) AR Tetradrachm 13.58g (PDC 5086) Dated 338 ΗΛΤ [ΑΡΤΕΜΙΣΙΟΥ] (26 AD-27 AD) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 63.1 - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5507 (this coin) - CNG 36 (5-6 Dec 1995), lot 332 (this coin) - Shore 332 (this coin) |
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Vardanes I (A.D. 40-47) AR Tetradrachm 14.55g (PDC 5087) Dated 354 ΔΝΤ (42 AD-43 AD) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 64.11-19 (month off flan) - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5508 (this coin) |
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Gotarzes II (A.D. 40-51) AR Tetradrachm 14.44g (PDC 5088) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 65.20-24 (month off flan) - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5509 (this coin) |
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Vonones II (A.D. 51) AR Drachm 3.68g (PDC 5089) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 67.1 - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5510 (this coin) |
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Vologases I (A.D. 51-78) AR Tetradrachm 13.51g (PDC 5090) Dated 362 ΒΞΤ (50 AD-51 AD) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 68.1-3 (month illegible) - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5511 (this coin) |
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Vologases I (A.D. 51-78) AR Tetradrachm 14.19g (PDC 5091) Dated 363 ΓΞΤ (51 AD-52 AD) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 68.4-8 (month off flan) - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5512 (this coin) |
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Vardanes II (A.D. 55-58) AR Tetradrachm 14.34g (PDC 5092) Dated 369 ΘΞΤ [Π]ΑΝΗΜ (58 AD) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 69.12 - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5513 (this coin) - CNG 58, lot 793 (this coin) |
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Pacorus II (A.D. 78-105) AR Tetradrachm 14.69g (PDC 5093) Dated 406 ϚΥ [ΠΑ]ΝΗΜ (94 AD-95 AD) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 77.6 - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5514 (this coin) - Peus 372 (Oct 2002) lot 694 (this coin) |
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Vologases IV (A.D. 147-191) Billon Tetradrachm 13.26g (PDC 5094) Dated 492 ΒϘΥ ΞΑΝ (180 AD-181 AD) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 84.80-86 variant (month ΞΑΝ) - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5515 (this coin) - CNG 36 (5-6 Dec 1995), 432 (this coin) - Shore 432 (this coin) |
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Vologases IV (A.D. 147-191) Billon Tetradrachm 13.91g (PDC 5095) Dated ΑΠΕΛΑ Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 84 type (year illegible) - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5516 (this coin) |
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Vologases VI (A.D. 208-228) Billon Tetradrachm 13.84g (PDC 5096) Dated 521 ΑΚΦ (209 AD-210 AD) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - Sellwood 88.3 (month off flan) - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5517 (this coin) - CNG 36 (5-6 Dec 1995), 512 (this coin) - Shore 512 (this coin) |
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Ardashir I Billon Tetradrachm 13.81g (PDC 5097) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5518 (this coin) - Göbl pl. I, 5 - Sellwood 7 |
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Kamnaskires VI or VII Billon Tetradrachm 15.25g, Seleucia on the Hedyphon (PDC 5098) Photo by UBS AG Gold & Numismatics - UBS 67 (Sep 2006), lot 5519 (this coin) - de Morgan pl.II, 1 |
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