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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3955393, member: 74834&quot;]Yes, Parthian tetradrachms are great coins. Here&#039;s my Gotarzes, from the month of Panemos (June) of the year 48 AD. I love those <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Macedonian_calendar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Macedonian_calendar" rel="nofollow">beautiful Macedonian months&#039; names</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1041974[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Gotarzes II (40-51). AR tetradrachm. Obv. Bust to the left, long beard. Rev. King enthroned to the right, Tyche holding diadem &amp; Cornucopia; Date HNT (358) ΠANHMOV (June) = 48 AD. Sellwood 65.1; Mitchiner MAW 642; Shore 359. 28 mm, 14.65 gr. From the collection of Anne van &#039;t Haaff.</p><p><br /></p><p>And here&#039;s a tiny AE of the sad usurpator Meherdates, formerly known as <a href="http://www.parthia.com/vonones2.htm#Type_67" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.parthia.com/vonones2.htm#Type_67" rel="nofollow">Vonones II</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1041975[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Meherdates (usurper). AE chalkous. Obv. Facing bust with crown and ear flaps. Rev. Male deity holding an eagle in his hand, looking to r. in an archway. Sellwood 67.4 (‘Vonones II’). 10 mm, 1.62 gr. Cf. Sunrise p. 140-141 and Triskeles e-sale 20 (2017), 363.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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