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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3987429, member: 19463&quot;]I really got turned off of Parthians with all the recent name changes and no simple resource to explain them.&nbsp; I bought the Sunrise book which I consider next to worthless in guiding through the changes it uses.&nbsp; It is particularly weak in the common types the rest of us are likely to have like your Sellwood 78.3 known then as Vologases III (and still listed that way in my collection which is almost certainly wrong on half the coins). </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My coin of Sellwood 78.3 was also known as Shore 413 (this coin) where it was still Vologases III.&nbsp; I do not know.&nbsp; Like yours, it is weak on two of the seven legend lines.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1049856[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I am calling this one Sellwood 78.4 but I do not know why other than it was so labeled in 1989 when I bought it.&nbsp; If I ever understood these, I have lost it now but I really believe that the ID&#039;s on all these are pretty speculative.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1049857[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally I have what I have listed as Sellwood 78.10 due to the small crescent above the bow and crude style.&nbsp; Again, don&#039;t take my ID&#039;s as worth anything.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1049858[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I really like Parthians but am currently taking a break until I find a reference I feel is up to date.&nbsp; It may exist but I have not been looking.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Others have mentioned the fact that we are surprised you bought this coin.&nbsp; I agree with the concern that all gold Parthians are fakes and there are fake silver ones as well which concerns me since I have not kept up with the ID points on these either.&nbsp; I am more surprised that you spend huge amounts of money on gold coins but bought a rather low end example.&nbsp; It looks like a coin I would buy.&nbsp; These things do exist with decent centering and sharp strikes.&nbsp;&nbsp; Lately we have been seeing a number of the less common mints and some interesting coins but I don&#039;t have the budget to collect everything so these became rather inactive.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One interesting characteristic of Parthian drachms is the number of them centered to the bottom on the obverse.&nbsp; You will pay extra if you want to see the bottom row of dots.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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