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<p>[QUOTE="Alex22, post: 4820705, member: 102942"]The first one is a Parthian coin, seems of the same type I posted yesterday.</p><p><br /></p><p>Drachm of Mithridates III, king of Parthia, 87 BC - 79 BC, Ekbatana mint, Sellwood.31.6 (as Orodes I); Shore.123 (as Orodes I). Obv.: diademed and draped bust of Mithridates III to left, wearing tiara decorated with a star. Rev.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ/MEΓAΛOY (top) APΣ-AKOY (right) AYTOKPATOPOΣ/ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ (bottom) EΠIΦANOYΣ/ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ (left), Arsakes I seated right, holding a bow.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second one is a denarius of Septimius Severus from Roman Empire. It is one of the below types:</p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.122C" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.122C" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.122C</a></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.500" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.500" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.500</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER] pointed out below that the Roman coin is from the Rome mint (RIC.IV.122), hence check out the first link for its full details.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alex22, post: 4820705, member: 102942"]The first one is a Parthian coin, seems of the same type I posted yesterday. Drachm of Mithridates III, king of Parthia, 87 BC - 79 BC, Ekbatana mint, Sellwood.31.6 (as Orodes I); Shore.123 (as Orodes I). Obv.: diademed and draped bust of Mithridates III to left, wearing tiara decorated with a star. Rev.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ/MEΓAΛOY (top) APΣ-AKOY (right) AYTOKPATOPOΣ/ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ (bottom) EΠIΦANOYΣ/ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ (left), Arsakes I seated right, holding a bow. The second one is a denarius of Septimius Severus from Roman Empire. It is one of the below types: [URL]http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.122C[/URL] [URL]http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.500[/URL] Edit: [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER] pointed out below that the Roman coin is from the Rome mint (RIC.IV.122), hence check out the first link for its full details.[/QUOTE]
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