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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 24854079, member: 87809&quot;]Thank you so much for your great write-up about the Parthians. The coin of Valerian is really, as you say, ironical. Haven&#039;t seen one before.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do have one of a kneeling Parthian, albeit the coin has an ugly hole; it&#039;s not RIC Augustus 288 but RIC I² 315 corr. (no stars);</p><p><br /></p><p>18 x 19 mm, 3.427 g</p><p>Rome, 19 - 18 BC, Marcus Durmius, moneyer</p><p><br /></p><p>numismatics.org says &quot;head of Honos in between two six-rayed stars&quot; - there are no stars in any coin displayed. Well, I can&#039;t see any here:</p><p><a href="https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.315" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.315" rel="nofollow">https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.1(2).aug.315</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: M•DVRMI(VS)•III•VIR•HONORI&nbsp; head of Honos to r.</p><p>Rev.: CAESAR AVG(VSTVS)•SIGN•RECE, bare-headed Parthian kneeling on right knee to r., extending in r. hand a signum, with a vexillum marked X, and holding out l. hand below l. knee</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1593061[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1593062[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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