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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2850720, member: 81887&quot;][USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER]: I&#039;m glad you enjoy my posts.&nbsp; I enjoy researching my coins and then summarizing the info into a short, interesting post, and I always appreciate it when others can post more than just the basic ID information for coins they post.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Parthian &quot;royal wart&quot; (hereditary trichoepithelioma) first appears on coins of Orodes II (57-38 BC) and then intermittently throughout the Parthian series.&nbsp; It&#039;s unlikely that the condition actually persisted that long (modern medicine reports that it lasts in families for about one century at most), but the wart had become a symbol of royal legitimacy, so even the wartless kings would show one on their official coinage.&nbsp; Kind of how women who managed to hold the throne in ancient Egypt were shown with a beard- after all, the Pharaoh is supposed to have a beard, and just because she is biologically unable to grow one is no excuse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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