TYPE Parthian Kingdom, Vologases VI (208-22 AD), billon tetradrachm DESCRIPTION . Obv: King's cuirassed bust left, with diademed tiara and long pointed beard, tiara with hooked appendages and horn device on side Rev: The king enthroned right, receiving palm-branch from Tyche standing left before him, holding scepter; 7-line Greek legend around: VASILEOS VASILEON ARSAKOU OLOGASOU DIKAIOU EPIFANOUS PHILHELLENOS ("The King of Kings, Arsakes, the Just, Vologases, God made Manifest, Philhelene"; traces); above Greek Seleukid date "AKF" (= yr. 521 = 209/10 AD). REFERENCE: Sel 88/1, SGI 5874 GRADING: VF / F+ , moderately porous, small flan flaw ORDER INFO: G2798, $95 A tetradrachm from early in the reign (and still relatively decent billon) of the final Arsakid Parthian monarch. Just a litle over a decade following the minting of this coin, the long-lived Arsakid dynasty came to an end, having succumbed to the new rulers of Persia, the Sassanians.