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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 1704060, member: 44140&quot;]<b>While on the subject of Tyche...</b></p><p><br /></p><p>... I reshot my Gotarzes II tetradrachm</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;This is my first coin of the Kingdom of Parthia. The name comes from Latin and means &quot;Old Persia&quot;. They were located in what is now Iran. A rival of Rome. The Parthian civilization is shrouded in mystery, no known literature survives from them. The first evidence of a Parthia dates back to the about 1000 BC. at different points in time they ruled over much of Mesopotamia and the Modern Persian Gulf Region, East to Afghanistan. Their civilization fought numerous battles from Nomads in the North and East to the Seleucids in Syria and the Romans from the West. Eventually Parthia would fall to their very own kinsman the Persian Sassanian peoples, who attacked from the South and succeed in vanquishing them in 224 AD, Having been crippled by internal strife and the series of invasions by the Roman Emperor Trajan.</p><p>To some point Hellenistic culture prospered here, evident from Greek script surviving on their coins. They amassed great wealth from the taxation proceeds of the Silk Road which traveled throughout their territory East to India.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kingdom of Parthia, Seleucia</p><p>Gotarzes II 40-51 AD</p><p>AR Tetradrachm 13.87g x 26 mm</p><p>Obverse: Diademed Head of Gotarzes II Left</p><p>Reverse: Tyche Presenting Diadem to Gotarzes II Greek Legend with Regal Greek Loving title. Dated BXT (center between figures) yr. 362 of the Seleucid era = 50/1 AD.</p><p>[ATTACH]260534.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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