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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3749450, member: 85693"]Interesting thread. A while back I got a drachm of Mithradates II that I've suspected of being a fourree. As with the OP, no core is exposed and it is light weight (3.31 grams). Workmanship is pretty crude too. </p><p> [ATTACH=full]1005544[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Parthia Drachm </b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Mithradates II (123-88 B.C.) </b></font></p><p><b>Ecbatana Mint</b></p><p>Long-bearded bust left / Beardless archer seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ in five lines.</p><p>Sellwood 27.2</p><p>(3.31 grams / 19 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3749450, member: 85693"]Interesting thread. A while back I got a drachm of Mithradates II that I've suspected of being a fourree. As with the OP, no core is exposed and it is light weight (3.31 grams). Workmanship is pretty crude too. [ATTACH=full]1005544[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4][B]Parthia Drachm [/B] [B]Mithradates II (123-88 B.C.) [/B][/SIZE] [B]Ecbatana Mint[/B] Long-bearded bust left / Beardless archer seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ in five lines. Sellwood 27.2 (3.31 grams / 19 mm)[/QUOTE]
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