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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2509996, member: 42773&quot;]More attribution challenges. I believe this is Mithradates III, 58/7-55 BC, Court at Rhagae mint, Selwood 41.12.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Obv</i>: short-bearded bust left wearing double-banded diadem and segmented necklet with medallion; behind bust, star; circular border of pellets</p><p><i>Rev</i>: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ; Beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; below bow, monogram.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]533679[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>From <a href="http://www.parthia.com/parthia_mints.htm#Rhagae" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.parthia.com/parthia_mints.htm#Rhagae" rel="nofollow">Parthia.com</a> on Rhagae...</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">Also Rayy. At or near the present day Tehran, Iran. The renaming of Europa-Rhagai to Arsakia may have occurred under Phraates I. (See M.L. Chaumont, &quot;Etudes d&#039;histoire Parthe II,&quot; <i>Syria</i> 50 (1973), p.204.) Debevoise tells us it was renamed much earlier, but did not long retain the new name. It was on the early Silk route that led from Areia (Herat) to Rhagae to Ecbatana.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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