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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7902447, member: 19463"]This is a fine coin with that face of Phraatakes but the coin I really wanted was handled by CNG a few years ago. It seems a shame to have an overstrike on Musa that erased her from the coin. Those of us who like overstrikes prefer really messy ones that show as much detail from the undertype as possible.</p><p><a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=336026" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=336026" rel="nofollow">https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=336026</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Why didn't Vonones overstrike Musa drachms? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1364580[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Numismatic avenge is an interesting concept but love and loyalty was unusual in Parthian families. A brother that murdered dad may have been saving you the trouble of having to do it yourself. IMO there is no story in ancient history more deserving of being made into a movie but the rating on this one would have been hard to keep down to just R.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7902447, member: 19463"]This is a fine coin with that face of Phraatakes but the coin I really wanted was handled by CNG a few years ago. It seems a shame to have an overstrike on Musa that erased her from the coin. Those of us who like overstrikes prefer really messy ones that show as much detail from the undertype as possible. [URL]https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=336026[/URL] Why didn't Vonones overstrike Musa drachms? [ATTACH=full]1364580[/ATTACH] Numismatic avenge is an interesting concept but love and loyalty was unusual in Parthian families. A brother that murdered dad may have been saving you the trouble of having to do it yourself. IMO there is no story in ancient history more deserving of being made into a movie but the rating on this one would have been hard to keep down to just R.[/QUOTE]
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