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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Only a Poor Old Man, post: 7287246, member: 111037&quot;]My second Parthian arrived very recently. A spontaneous purchase, I just happened to like the portrait and the price. It is not a wow piece like my first Parthian was, however it is still a very attractive coin and I am not sure why these little gems are not as popular as Greek or Roman coins. No complains from me though, it keeps the prices down and makes Parthian/Sasanid coinage a means to sustain the hobby for me in times of personal financial austerity. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1275967[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Funny thing happened though. My first Parthian was a Sinatruces coin that was misattributed as a Gotarzes one. This one, came with a tag claiming that it was an Orodes I. It only took a quick image search for me to realise that the other Orodes I coins on the net look nothing like this. So I seem to have another misattribution in my hands, even though the coin comes with an 1999 auction provenance. So, who is this guy? Portrait-wise, it looks a lot more like Orodes II, but I am not sure about it as those coins seem to come with a moon and stars on the obverse which my coin doesn&#039;t have. Looking at Assar&#039;s articles, I am starting to suspect that it may be an Artabanus II but again the image search returns drachms of very different style to mine. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am not sure where to go from here, so I hope that the Coin-Talk Parthian experts [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER], [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER]&nbsp; and [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] can hopefully help! One thing for sure, I am not repeating the mistake with my first Parthian and will not fill the quickslab label before I am fairly certain of who this guy is![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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