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<p>[QUOTE="chrsmat71, post: 2616232, member: 42634"]oh yeah, that is cool....i was trying to figure out what was behind the head...didn't know they had "initials" on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>here's my parthian with a "pincushion hat"...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://s8.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/D3306E33.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_9379_zpslfjuvcpp.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_9379_zpslfjuvcpp.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/100_9379_zpslfjuvcpp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">Parthian Kingdom. Vologases IV. A.D. 147-191. Silver Drachm</font></p><p><br /></p><p>O: Bust left with long, tapering and square cut beard, wearing double banded diadem with double loop, and tiara with earflaps, decorated with "hooks" on crest, ear and earring visible, spiral torque, dotted border. R: Archer enthroned right, pellet above arm, monogram below bow, single line Aramaic (top) , followed by a six-line stylised "Greek" inscription. Ecbatana .mint. 3.5 g, 19 mm. Sellwood type 84.128, ex. Tom Buggey.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrsmat71, post: 2616232, member: 42634"]oh yeah, that is cool....i was trying to figure out what was behind the head...didn't know they had "initials" on the obverse. here's my parthian with a "pincushion hat"... [IMG]http://s8.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/D3306E33.jpg[/IMG] [URL=http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_9379_zpslfjuvcpp.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/100_9379_zpslfjuvcpp.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [SIZE=6]Parthian Kingdom. Vologases IV. A.D. 147-191. Silver Drachm[/SIZE] O: Bust left with long, tapering and square cut beard, wearing double banded diadem with double loop, and tiara with earflaps, decorated with "hooks" on crest, ear and earring visible, spiral torque, dotted border. R: Archer enthroned right, pellet above arm, monogram below bow, single line Aramaic (top) , followed by a six-line stylised "Greek" inscription. Ecbatana .mint. 3.5 g, 19 mm. Sellwood type 84.128, ex. Tom Buggey.[/QUOTE]
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