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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4708636, member: 96898"]That's a truly interesting imitation! Thanks both for showing it and for your very informative write-up.</p><p><br /></p><p>All I can add is this much later Sogdian coin, which, if I see correctly, is usually considered an imitation of an unspecified and unidentified Seleucid type. Yet, my non-expert mind wonders whether the combination of royal bust and archer on my coin, as well as the evidence for earlier Sogdian imitations of Parthian drachms that you showed, could justify the hypothesis that this type is a heavily blundered imitation of a Parthian rather than a Seleucid model. Any thoughts on this?</p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]1155517[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Sogdia, Samarqand, AR "obol," 4th–5th c. AD. Obv: stylized bust l. Rev: archer standing (or sitting?) r. 9mm, 0.3g. Ref: Senior A8.7i; HGC 12, 512.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4708636, member: 96898"]That's a truly interesting imitation! Thanks both for showing it and for your very informative write-up. All I can add is this much later Sogdian coin, which, if I see correctly, is usually considered an imitation of an unspecified and unidentified Seleucid type. Yet, my non-expert mind wonders whether the combination of royal bust and archer on my coin, as well as the evidence for earlier Sogdian imitations of Parthian drachms that you showed, could justify the hypothesis that this type is a heavily blundered imitation of a Parthian rather than a Seleucid model. Any thoughts on this? [SIZE=3] [ATTACH=full]1155517[/ATTACH] Sogdia, Samarqand, AR "obol," 4th–5th c. AD. Obv: stylized bust l. Rev: archer standing (or sitting?) r. 9mm, 0.3g. Ref: Senior A8.7i; HGC 12, 512.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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