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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 8459814, member: 81887&quot;]Very interesting OP coin!&nbsp; I have this Umayyad AE fals that was overstruck on a late Roman AE3 (you can see some of the original Roman letters at the edge on the obverse):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1499062[/ATTACH]</p><p>This Parthian AR tetradrachm has its own interesting story.&nbsp; The main type visible is of Vonones I (8-12 AD), but the coin is overstruck on a tetradrachm of Phraatakes and Musa (2 BC- 4 AD), who had murdered Vonones&#039; father (among many others).&nbsp; You can clearly see the face of Phraatakes on the reverse.&nbsp; A large percentage of Vonones&#039; tetradrachms are overstruck on coins of Phraatakes and Musa; they may have just been a handy source of material, but I can&#039;t help but suspect that VOnones took some personal satisfaction in overstriking coins of the king and queen who had killed his father.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1499063[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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