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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bob L., post: 2850765, member: 56976&quot;]Congrats on the pickup, Parthicus.&nbsp; Excellent write-up.&nbsp; Nice Phraates IV coins, all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Deacon Ray, an fyi: your tet is Phraataces (or, if you prefer, Phraatakes), rather than Phraates.&nbsp; Regarding suggestions: I’d recommend seeking out a coin with a king sporting the well-known Parthian tiara.&nbsp; I’d also recommend picking up a coin of arguably Parthia’s greatest king, Mithradates II.&nbsp; Of course you could get a Mithradates II drachm with tiara and make it a two-fer.&nbsp; (He wears a diadem on his earlier drachms and a tiara – the first appearance of the Parthian tiara – on his later coins)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are my nicer Phraates IV tets, a Sellwood 51.19-22v and a Sellwood 50.3:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]676507[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]676508[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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