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Period : Pre-Islamic
Material : Bronze
Height : 0.33 cm
Diameter : 2.52 cm
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Pre-Islamic indo-parthian coin, Mleiha, Sharjah, UAE. Vologases IV. Circa AD 147-191. Silver tetradrachm (16 g). Minted at Seleukeia on the Tigris River. Dated Dios SE 495 (AD 184). Diademed bust left, wearing long beard, earring, and tiara decorated with “hooks”; B to right. Vologases seated right on throne, Tyche standing left before him, presenting diadem.On display in the Sharjah Archaeology Authority. 2nd C CE.


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