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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2510062, member: 42634&quot;]Nice to see some parthian coins, here are my most recent drachms...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/102_6949_zpsxnbhzsri.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/102_6949_zpsxnbhzsri.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/102_6949_zpsxnbhzsri.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">Parthian Empire, Vologases III, Drachm, 105-147 AD.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>O: Bust with diadem to l. R: Archer seated to r. holding bow. Monogram A below, Ecbatana mint, 3.9 g, 20 mm, Sellwood 78.3</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_9379_zpslfjuvcpp.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_9379_zpslfjuvcpp.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/100_9379_zpslfjuvcpp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Parthian Kingdom. Vologases IV. A.D. 147-191. Silver Drachm</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>O: Bust left with long, tapering and square cut beard, wearing double banded diadem with double loop, and tiara with earflaps, decorated with &quot;hooks&quot; on crest, ear and earring visible, spiral torque, dotted border. R: Archer enthroned right, pellet above arm, monogram below bow, single line Aramaic (top) , followed by a six-line stylised &quot;Greek&quot; inscription. Ecbatana .mint. 3.5 g, 19 mm. Sellwood type 84.128, ex. Tom Buggey. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>and my tetradrachm...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_9417_zps1tdxrfnm.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_9417_zps1tdxrfnm.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/100_9417_zps1tdxrfnm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Volgases IV, Tetradrachm. 147-191 AD</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>O: Diademed bust left, wearing tiara; B behind / Greek legend, Vologases seated left on throne, Tyche standing right before him, presenting a diadem and holding sceptre; year (Seleucid 464, 152 AD), month below (November),Seleucia on the Tigris mint, 26 mm, 13.6 g. Sellwood 84.12-5; Shore 427.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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