Please don't forget Alwin's wonderful site - one of the best for researching Parthian coins: http://parthika.fr/ Every time I'm on that site I...
I agree, 78.3. Pacorus (Pakoros) I, not II.
Here's an arrowhead from ancient Iran, 1200-800 BC, purchased from Mr. Dorney. For anyone who may be interested in bronze weaponry from Western...
Great write-up, Pavlos. Enjoyed it. Thanks for posting and congrats on the unique Ecbatana pick-up. A post-script could be a mention that the...
Little known fact: Marvel’s first avenger wasn’t actually Captain America. It was Arsakes Man some two thousand-plus years earlier. (He’s seen...
Always thought the portraits on the S.31’s, like the earlier tiara busts of Mithradates II, convey such a regal bearing and wisdom. Some honest...
Looks Kushan, maybe Huvishka.
Frank's pic for lot 509. LOL. [ATTACH]
Perhaps an issue of Skione?
It does indeed appear to be double struck. The B, Σ, ligate IΛ, and Ω of BAΣIΛEΩΣ are visible on the reverse perimeter, as is one wing of the...
Welcome, Glen. That's a nice bit of research. The chart you created does indeed clarify the trend over time. Well done. Congrats on the Osroes I...
I'll spread some examples across denominations. [ATTACH] Top: Mithradates I, tetradrachm Sellwood 13.2; Shore 35 Center: Mithradates I, drachm...
Here's my die match to Sulla80's Volo I, from the KOINON article on Parthian fractions: [ATTACH]
Coin #1: Sinatrukes/Sinatruces (as per Assar), Sunrise 302 Sellwood 33.4 (Gotarzes I); Shore 113 (Gotarzes I) 93/2-70/69 BC (intermittently) Mint:...
This is indeed murky stuff. Parthicus has a better handle on this than I. Perhaps he’ll chime in. The reattributions were posited by Dr. G.R.F....
For anyone who may be interested, The Celator had a two part article, "The Evolution of the Empresses Hairdos on Roman Coinage from Augustus to...
As you say, Doug, they are not common - but they do exist, of course. I own an ex-Sellwood tet that was listed by Baldwins (and thus presumably...
Yep. I should have clarified: yours is the top coin in the pic I posted. I inverted your reverse to compare it to the Azes issues.
Hey, TC. Probably wrong here, but I am reminded of some Azes II (Indo-Scythian) AE and billon issues such as the following. If correct, yours...
Those phony patinas earned him his spot on Warren Esty's fakesellers list (that TIF mentioned on page one of this thread):...
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