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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5481794, member: 96898"]An informative write-up on a very special(ized) coin of an elusive ruler! I also wonder whether the palm branch on the reverse meant the same to the Parthians as to the Greeks and Romans and thus has to be read as a reference to a military victory of the usurper Mithradates?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no Parthian usurpers and tend to show my Postumus collection much too often on this board. Thus, here are my only two Parthian coins, both struck for regular rulers:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1239020[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Parthian Empire, under Mithradates II, AR drachm, 123–88 BC, Rhagae mint. Obv: long-bearded bust l. wearing tiara with eight-point star; griffin-ended torque. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ; beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated r. on throne, holding bow in r. hand. 19mm, 3.91g. Ref: Sellwood 28.7.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1239021[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Parthian Empire, under Vologases IV, AR tetradrachm, SE 464, month Apellaios (November 152 AD), Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Obv: Diademed and draped bust l., wearing tiara; B behind. Rev: [SEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Ν - ΑΡΣΑΚΟY / O]ΛΑΓΑΣΟ[Υ - ΔΙΚΑΙΟY - Ε]ΠΙΦΑΝΟY[Σ / ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ], date: ΔΞY – ΑΠΕΛΑΙΟΥ; Vologases seated l. on throne, Tyche standing r. before him, presenting a diadem and holding sceptre. 27mm, 13.81g. Ref: Sellwood 84.13.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5481794, member: 96898"]An informative write-up on a very special(ized) coin of an elusive ruler! I also wonder whether the palm branch on the reverse meant the same to the Parthians as to the Greeks and Romans and thus has to be read as a reference to a military victory of the usurper Mithradates? I have no Parthian usurpers and tend to show my Postumus collection much too often on this board. Thus, here are my only two Parthian coins, both struck for regular rulers: [ATTACH=full]1239020[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Parthian Empire, under Mithradates II, AR drachm, 123–88 BC, Rhagae mint. Obv: long-bearded bust l. wearing tiara with eight-point star; griffin-ended torque. Rev: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ; beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated r. on throne, holding bow in r. hand. 19mm, 3.91g. Ref: Sellwood 28.7. [ATTACH=full]1239021[/ATTACH] Parthian Empire, under Vologases IV, AR tetradrachm, SE 464, month Apellaios (November 152 AD), Seleukeia on the Tigris mint. Obv: Diademed and draped bust l., wearing tiara; B behind. Rev: [SEΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / Β]ΑΣΙΛΕΩ[Ν - ΑΡΣΑΚΟY / O]ΛΑΓΑΣΟ[Υ - ΔΙΚΑΙΟY - Ε]ΠΙΦΑΝΟY[Σ / ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ], date: ΔΞY – ΑΠΕΛΑΙΟΥ; Vologases seated l. on throne, Tyche standing r. before him, presenting a diadem and holding sceptre. 27mm, 13.81g. Ref: Sellwood 84.13.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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