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<p>[QUOTE="Bob L., post: 4287994, member: 56976"]Congrats, Mat. The Mithradates V drachm may have been part of the side collection - just a secondary purchase for you, but it’s special because of the provenance.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those who may not know, Alberto Simonetta was a major scholar in the realm of Parthian and Indo-Parthian coinage. Like his father Bono, who was a specialist in coins from both Parthia and Cappadocia, Alberto published quite extensively over the course of almost sixty years. For anyone who may be interested, his bibliography is here: <a href="http://www.parthia.com/webreport_59.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.parthia.com/webreport_59.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.parthia.com/webreport_59.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So, that ex-Simonetta pedigree is meaningful. Thumbs up![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bob L., post: 4287994, member: 56976"]Congrats, Mat. The Mithradates V drachm may have been part of the side collection - just a secondary purchase for you, but it’s special because of the provenance. For those who may not know, Alberto Simonetta was a major scholar in the realm of Parthian and Indo-Parthian coinage. Like his father Bono, who was a specialist in coins from both Parthia and Cappadocia, Alberto published quite extensively over the course of almost sixty years. For anyone who may be interested, his bibliography is here: [URL]http://www.parthia.com/webreport_59.htm[/URL] So, that ex-Simonetta pedigree is meaningful. Thumbs up![/QUOTE]
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