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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2824311, member: 19463"]This is where we should call for our dragon coins but I know better. </p><p><br /></p><p>I might comment that many Parthian coins get reassigned every time someone reworks the chronologies. It bothers me that w rarely see a reason given for the change and just told not to question the expert. I suppose part of this might be that we didn't have coins for Meherdates and needed some. There was a time I really wanted a facing drachm of Vologases V because of his association with Septimius Severus. His are certainly the king of the facing portraits but not something I am likely to own. All I have are a pair of Phraates III (long ago possibly Darius?). I bought the denarius in 1998 from a dealer I coded JCM(CA). I wish I knew who that was now but my code was too cryptic. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]664101[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]664102[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2824311, member: 19463"]This is where we should call for our dragon coins but I know better. I might comment that many Parthian coins get reassigned every time someone reworks the chronologies. It bothers me that w rarely see a reason given for the change and just told not to question the expert. I suppose part of this might be that we didn't have coins for Meherdates and needed some. There was a time I really wanted a facing drachm of Vologases V because of his association with Septimius Severus. His are certainly the king of the facing portraits but not something I am likely to own. All I have are a pair of Phraates III (long ago possibly Darius?). I bought the denarius in 1998 from a dealer I coded JCM(CA). I wish I knew who that was now but my code was too cryptic. [ATTACH=full]664101[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]664102[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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