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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7713131, member: 19463&quot;]That is a fact!</p><p><br /></p><p>My only Pacorus II is this later bearded version Sellwood 77.8.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1322847[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Unless what I have listed as Vologases III are now reassigned to Pacorus II.&nbsp; The Sunrise book is totally confusing on the matter showing only one long beard and long hair coin.&nbsp; The collection emphasized rare and large coins so had no interest in these common drachms.&nbsp; If you are proposing the elimination of a ruler whose drachm issue was among the most common in ordinary collections, there should have been some more clear explanation.&nbsp; We now have three distinctly different portraits of Pacorus II unless I am incorrectly reading between the lines. If someone here understands the matter, do feel free to enlighten me. </p><p>The first two show how it helps to have more than one coin if you want all of the legend on flan. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1322888[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1322889[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My Sellwood 78.10 shows the distinctive mark above the bow but has very different style from the other coins attributed to the same ruler and mint. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1322890[/ATTACH] </p><p>Tetrachalkos Sellwood 79.39 year 423 (111 AD)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1322891[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My coin came to me as Artabanus III (whom I propose we call &#039;the Muddy&#039; until the numbers sort out.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1322909[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The other long beard, long hair drachm in my collection&nbsp; included the Aramaic top row on the reverse which I understand reads Mithradates (IV).&nbsp; His coins also show fewer head bands.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1322911[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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