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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8228132, member: 26430&quot;]Please pardon the almost-5-years-old bump, but perhaps it is especially relevant once again... (I didn&#039;t see any other posts on the recent Parthian fractions at auction.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I bid unsuccessfully (two weeks ago) on the ex- [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] diobol pictured above and am regretting failing to bid on the obol today (both now ex- [USER=56976]@Bob L.[/USER] and having been illustrated in the KOINON I &quot;Introduction to Parthian Silver Fractions, the Little Anomalies of Arsacid Coinage&quot;). </p><p><br /></p><p>But today I did win a different one of the [USER=56976]@Bob L.[/USER] &#039;s group of Parthian diobols from the KOINON article (Fig 21, previously Sellwood collection from Baldwin&#039;s Auction 100).</p><p><br /></p><p>Though it wasn&#039;t mentioned in the CNG listing, it&#039;s also <a href="https://www.parthia.com/pdc_sellwood1989_1.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.parthia.com/pdc_sellwood1989_1.htm" rel="nofollow">PDC 23257</a> (it appears much &quot;greener&quot; in that photo!), where [USER=82569]@Charax[/USER] (alongside his photo credit) noted it was David Sellwood&#039;s &quot;Tray 22, 1935.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m new to Parthian coinage (preceding the KOINON article, the CT and other posts on Parthian Fractionals caught my attention a while ago, so I was excited to see these ones coming back onto the market). I haven&#039;t yet checked if <i>Sylloge Numorum Parthicorum</i> VII illustrates the type, but in the past few hours I&#039;ve re-read Sellwood&#039;s (1989) article on &quot;New Parthian Coin Types&quot; and begun assembling a file of all the examples I can find of his Pl. 42, 1 &amp; 2 types. (I&#039;ve come across more examples than I had expected, but it looks like not too many dies.) </p><p><br /></p><p>Hopefully I can find something to contribute about these coins now that I&#039;ll be taking custody of this one!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1446182[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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