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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 5943200, member: 99456&quot;]An amazing Sinatruces, [USER=111037]@Only a Poor Old Man[/USER], and G.R.F. Assar is certainly an authority on the subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will share a few resources that I have accumulated with a side-interest in Parthian coins over the last couple of years.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a link to my list of <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/resources-for-parthian-coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/resources-for-parthian-coins" rel="nofollow">Resources for Parthian Coins</a> and one to some of my <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/blog/categories/parthia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/blog/categories/parthia" rel="nofollow">Notes on Parthian Coins</a>.&nbsp; There has been quite a bit of publication, debate and shift in the assignment of coins, numbering, names, and genealogy of kings.&nbsp; Here&#039;s an article from Assar (2005) on the<a href="http://parthian-empire.com/articles/Genealogy-of-Parthian-King-Sinatruces.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://parthian-empire.com/articles/Genealogy-of-Parthian-King-Sinatruces.pdf" rel="nofollow"> Genealogy of Sinatruces</a>.&nbsp; This <a href="http://www.parthia.com/parthia_corr.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.parthia.com/parthia_corr.htm" rel="nofollow">attribution correlation chart</a> from Chris Hopkins is quite useful.&nbsp; This book, recently reviewed by [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER], <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/book-review-rivalling-rome-parthian-coins-culture.361020/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/book-review-rivalling-rome-parthian-coins-culture.361020/">Rivalling Rome: Parthian Coins &amp; Culture</a> is also an interesting, concise review.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1243756[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Kings of Parthia, Sinatrukes</b>, 93/2-70/69 BC, AR Drachm, Rhagae mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed bust left, wearing tiara; neck torque ends in pellet</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Sellwood 33.3 (<strike>33.4</strike>) (Gotarzes I); Shore 113 (Gotarzes I)</p><p><br /></p><p>Assar, in the <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/pars_coins/121/product/numismatic_art_of_persia_the_sunrise_collection_part_i_ancient__650_bc_to_ad_650_2011_hardbound/207965/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/pars_coins/121/product/numismatic_art_of_persia_the_sunrise_collection_part_i_ancient__650_bc_to_ad_650_2011_hardbound/207965/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Sunrise collection</a>, mentions that Sinatruces, &quot;the octogenarian prince&quot;,&nbsp; may have asked, circa 95 BC, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, propraetor of Asia, for material Roman aid in his battles with Mithridates II.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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