Obverse

Bust left with long pointed beard, wearing single-banded diadem with double loop, and tiara with earflaps (which, unlike other varieties, extend down to touch neck decoration), decorated with pearls on stalk around crest and vertically on side, two Aramaic letters behind head, two pendent ends to diadem, dotted border.

Script: Aramaic

Lettering: wl

Unabridged legend: Wlgšy

Translation: Vologases

Reverse

Archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, Aramaic followed by a four-line stylised and totally blundered “Greek” inscription, composed of meaningless characters.

Scripts: Aramaic, Greek

Lettering: Wlgšy MLK’

Translation: King Vologases