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Message:: [QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2892954, member: 42773"]Very nice OP coin! Congratulations. I have two with nice provenance. The first comes from Fred Shore, author of Parthian Coins and History, Ten Dragons Against Rome. <img src="https://s1.postimg.org/1vmjpxhvpb/parthian.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> KINGS OF PARTHIA. Gotarzes I, 95-87 BCAR drachm, 20mm, 4.2g, 12h.Obv.: Diademed bust left, wearing tiara ornamented with horn and row of stags around top, neck torque ends in pellet.Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΡΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ; Arcaces I seated right on throne, holding bow.Reference: Shore 110ff.From the Collection of Fred Shore The second comes from Kerry Wetterstrom, creator and publisher of the Celator, and numismatist at CNG... <img src="https://s26.postimg.org/6gkwjzfex/parthian_6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> KINGS OF PARTHIA. Gotarzes II, c. AD 40-51 AR Drachm, 21mm, 3.3g, 12h; Ecbatana mint.Obv.: Bust left, beard cut away to triangular shape on coin, wearing double banded diadem with double loop, earring visible, dotted border.Rev.: Archer enthroned right, monogram below bow, seven line inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩN ΑΡΣΑΚΟY EYEPΓETOY ΔΙΚΑΙΟY ΕΠIΦΑNOYΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ , stylised.Reference: Sellwood 65.33; Shore 364.Ex-Kerry Wetterstrom[/QUOTE]