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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alex22, post: 4810442, member: 102942&quot;]Sorry [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] for the caused diversion of the topic. To return it back to the original route, here is my only Parthian coin, acquired as Orodes I. However, it seems the recent presentations of the same type caption it as that of Mithradates III (see, for instance, <a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6364378" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6364378" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6364378</a>). I am not sure how Mithradates III matches the brought time period in the same listings, unless there has been a revision in the Parthian history and the order of the royalty (and associated titles). Will appreciate any insight on this.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1167072[/ATTACH]<i>Drachm of <i><i><i>Orodes I</i></i></i>, king of Parthia, <i>87 BC - 79 BC</i>, Ekbatana mint, Sellwood.31.6 (as Orodes I); Shore.123 (as Orodes I). <b>Obv.</b>: Diademed and draped bust of <i><i>Orodes I</i></i> to left, wearing tiara decorated with a star.<b> Rev.</b>: </i>BAΣIΛEΩΣ/MEΓAΛOY<i><i> (top) </i></i>APΣ-AKOY<i><i> (right) </i></i>AYTOKPATOPOΣ/ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ<i><i> (bottom) </i></i>EΠIΦANOYΣ/ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ<i><i> (left)</i>, Arsakes I seated right, holding a bow.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] kindly pointed out that my coin could have been used as a jewellery at some period of its life, which would explain the shape of the flan with a bit pronounced poles (especially visible from the reverse side). This may also explain why its obverse is worn unlike the reverse, which could have been covered, hence preserved, in the jewellery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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