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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3290291, member: 99456&quot;][USER=98035]@Finn235[/USER] Excellent idea for a thread.&nbsp; A nice opportunity to experiment with a new photo setup - small plastic light box and USB microscope.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a favorite Parthian drachm from Vonones II AR Drachm from 51 AD - about 350 years newer than the OP drachm.&nbsp; I like this coin for its dark toning and forward facing portrait of a king of Parthia.&nbsp;&nbsp; For ~40 years (11-51 AD) Vonones had been king of Media Atropatene.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vonones for his short reign, gets this bland praise from Tacitus (<a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Tacitus/Annals/12A*.html#14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Tacitus/Annals/12A*.html#14" rel="nofollow">12.14</a>) written ~117 AD:</p><blockquote><p><font size="4">&quot;<i>Vonones, then viceroy of Media, was called to the throne. No successes and no reverses entitled him to mention: he completed a short, inglorious and perfunctory reign, and the Parthian empire devolved upon his son Vologases</i>.&quot;</font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]869891[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Helmeted bust facing with short beard wearing diadem with loops at both sides; helmet with ornamentation horns and ear flaps. Royal wart on forehead; at each side six-pointed stars; border of dots.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Beardless archer, seated right on throne; in right hand bow, monogram below bow; somewhat blundered Greek legend.</p><p><b>Mint:</b> Ecbatana</p><p><b>Size: </b>3.5g; 20.1 mm</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Sellwood 67.1, Shore 368[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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