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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DBDc80, post: 3126645, member: 84525&quot;]Good evening everyone! Just thought id spread some more Parthian love with my new drachm of Sinatrukes. This coin, being my latest, was won in the Goldbergs pre Long Beach sale. Pretty sure i overpaid for this one. But the strike, nice deep tone, and overall quality of the coin were too good to pass up. Sinatrukes ruled Parthia, initially around 93 to 88 B.C. and again from 77 to 70 B.C. He was a son of Mithradates I (one of the greatest Parthian Kings). Sinatrukes waged war with Mithradates II (the great) and proclaimes himself king of kings in Susiana. Eventually, he was run out of town by the son of Mithradates II (Gotarzes) and was forced to flee into Asia. Some time later (with the help of the Saka, (which were one time enemies of the Parthians) he regained his throne, which he held until 70 B.C. There is even speculation that Sinatrukes was aided by the Romans, which, as we know, were archrivals of the Parthians. No doubt, securing this assistance for a tidy sum. This particular type was originally attributed to Gotarzes II, and it certainly looks like some of the latter tiara Mithradates II coins (as Mithradates was the father of Gotarzes). However, in time, experts have reattributed the type to Sinatrukes. Perhaps one of the inscriptions on the reverse which proclaims him as the &quot;son of a deified father, and conqurer&quot; may be the cause for the re-attribution, as the Parthian Empire expanded greatly under the reign of Mithradates I, but who knows. Anyways, here is the coin. As always, show your related Parthians for all to see![ATTACH=full]796834[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]796836[/ATTACH]</p><p>Sinatrukes 93-88 B.C. 77-70 B.C. AR drachm 4.03 gm</p><p>Rhagai mint</p><p>Goldbergs pre Long Beach sale lot 3167</p><p>Sellwood 33.4 Sunrise 302[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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