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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2894396, member: 19463&quot;]While I agree we all need to be careful and check reverses, I never thought of coins of Persis being easy to confuse with Parthians.&nbsp; 99% of Parthian drachms used the archer seated reverse (there was a bit more variety on the larger tetradrachms and much more on the bronzes).&nbsp; The oddball Parthian is below.&nbsp; Fortunately it is &#039;open labeled&#039; with the king&#039;s name spelled out on both sides. How &#039;Roman&#039; of him. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]696023[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Using the link:</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>Head facing left</li> <li>Wearing on head: diadem</li> <li>Straight line head-top above the diadem</li> <li>Short hair, tapering beard</li> <li>Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΟΝωΝΗΣ</li> </ul><p><font size="5"><b>Reverse</b></font></p><ul> <li>Legend: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΟΝωΝΗΣ ΝΕΙΚΗΣΑΣ ΑΡΤΑΒΑΝΟΝ</li> <li>Mint: different, see sub-types below</li> </ul><p>Sub-types</p><p><br /></p><p>60.5 Nike walking right, in front <img src="https://mrcollector.eu/parthia/image/mint_adot.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />. Mint: Ecbatana</p><p><br /></p><p>That Vonones was a bit different is attributed to the fact that he was raised in Rome as guest/hostage of Augustus to insure the good behavior of his father Phraates IV.&nbsp; When he became king, he lacked the personality traits that would allow him to get along with the Parthian nobility.&nbsp; I find it a bit odd that Augustus thought a Parthian might change his behavior to save a son.&nbsp; They tended to have plenty of spares and often seemed willing to kill each other within the family.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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