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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4889421, member: 85693&quot;]Just in the mail today, my first Parthian bronze. </p><p><br /></p><p>As with all things Parthian, I&#039;m not especially confident in my attribution, but I am pretty sure that horse on the reverse &quot;got wings&quot; just like in the Red Bull commercials.&nbsp; The portrait is not Mithradates the Great, but one of the lesser Mithradates. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1179931[/ATTACH] <font size="4"> </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Parthia&nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Tetrachalkon </b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Mithradates III / IV</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>(58-54 B.C.) </b></font></p><p><b>Ecbatana Mint</b></p><p>Diademed bust left with short beard, segmented necklace / Pegasus flying right, eight-line Greek inscription around.&nbsp; </p><p>Sellwood 41.18 (Mithradates III); Shore 507.</p><p>(3.44 grams / 17 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Full 8-line inscription:</p><p>ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΘΕΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ </p><p><a href="http://www.parthia.com/mithradates3.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.parthia.com/mithradates3.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.parthia.com/mithradates3.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Corrections always greatly appreciated![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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