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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 8178763, member: 99456&quot;]I supposed, to bring it back to Parthians, I will add this coin.&nbsp; Around 114, Trajan set his sights on Parthia, both because they were a bit dysfunctional at the time and because he was irritated with the Parthians for kicking his buddy Tiridates off the throne of Armenia.&nbsp; Osroes had deposed Tiridates, installed by Nero, and replaced him with his nephew Axidares.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trajan decided to head to Antioch (Syria).&nbsp; Meherdotes and his son invaded Mesopotamia, then he died falling off his horse, and his son Sanatrukes became emperor.&nbsp; Trajan seeing an opportunity in Sanatrukes&#039; disgruntled cousins, made Parmathaspates, son of Osroes, the King of Parthia.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin (not mine - See <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8959031" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8959031" rel="nofollow">AcSearch</a>) celebrates this event:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1429574[/ATTACH]</p><p>Reverse declaring: REX PARTHIS DATVS - a king given to Parthians</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no certainty on which Parthian issued this coin, but Assar (Sunshine) highlights some light evidence in <a href="https://en.calameo.com/read/000675905f2f4bf509d49" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.calameo.com/read/000675905f2f4bf509d49" rel="nofollow">John Malalas Book 11.6 p</a>.145 (calling Sanatrukes &quot;<i>emperor of the Persians</i>&quot;) which suggests that Sanatrukes was more likely in control of Ekbatana when this coin was minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1429389[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Parthian Empire, Sanatrukes / Parthamaspates </b>(c. AD 116), AR Drachm, 3.85g, Ekbatana</p><p><b>Obv: </b>diademed bust left, wearing tiara with earflaps</p><p><b>Rev: </b>archer seated right on throne, holding bow, monogram beneath bow</p><p><br /></p><p>The Greek legend is garbled - here&#039;s what I see:some &quot;King of Kings&quot; and &quot;Epiphanes&quot; with lots of &quot;blah blah&quot;:</p><p>ΒΑIΙΛEΛ ΒΑIΙΛEΛ BAIIΛNOY VIXVIO I<u>•</u>IIIIII BB•IIII• ΠPΦANOY</p><p><br /></p><p><b>One other Trajan Note:</b> Malalas (a page later on 146) mentions that Trajan was in Antioch when &quot;the wrath of God struck&quot; - reference to the earth quake that Trajan survived in Antioch....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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