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<p>[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 7908678, member: 81887"]Thanks for the comments, everyone. </p><p>[USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] : I was going to include a photo of the reverse on which I'd outline the undertype, but I decided not to since the undertype was so obvious. Maybe I should have included it anyway, as "obvious" varies from person to person, obviously <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] : Why did Vonones overstrike Phraatakes and Musa tetradrachms but not drachms? There's no real proof, but I have at least two plausible ideas:</p><p>1. The mints had plenty of blank drachm-sized planchets but not many tetradrachm-sized. When the order came in for more tets featuring the new king, they used the most convenient raw material, i.e. tetradrachms of the disgraced former king and queen.</p><p>2. Note that the tets and drachms come from different mints: tetradrachms from Seleukia on the Tigris, while Vonones' drachms were struck at Ekbatana and Rhagae. Maybe the mint masters in the different cities had different thoughts about whether it was a good idea to overstrike older coins. (Or, only Ekbatana and Rhagae had access to blank planchets at this time, which would make this a subset of idea 1.)</p><p>And I agree, the story of Phraatakes and Musa would make quite a movie, but it would definitely get an NC-17 rating.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 7908678, member: 81887"]Thanks for the comments, everyone. [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] : I was going to include a photo of the reverse on which I'd outline the undertype, but I decided not to since the undertype was so obvious. Maybe I should have included it anyway, as "obvious" varies from person to person, obviously ;) [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] : Why did Vonones overstrike Phraatakes and Musa tetradrachms but not drachms? There's no real proof, but I have at least two plausible ideas: 1. The mints had plenty of blank drachm-sized planchets but not many tetradrachm-sized. When the order came in for more tets featuring the new king, they used the most convenient raw material, i.e. tetradrachms of the disgraced former king and queen. 2. Note that the tets and drachms come from different mints: tetradrachms from Seleukia on the Tigris, while Vonones' drachms were struck at Ekbatana and Rhagae. Maybe the mint masters in the different cities had different thoughts about whether it was a good idea to overstrike older coins. (Or, only Ekbatana and Rhagae had access to blank planchets at this time, which would make this a subset of idea 1.) And I agree, the story of Phraatakes and Musa would make quite a movie, but it would definitely get an NC-17 rating.[/QUOTE]
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