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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4094864, member: 19463&quot;][ATTACH=full]1065642[/ATTACH] If I consigned a coin of Vonones to an auction and they listed it with their standard lazy cut and paste, I would be upset.&nbsp; They deserve at least a note explaining the differences from other Parthian drachms. IMHO everyone who collects Parthian to any degree needs one of these unusual coins.&nbsp; As mentioned above, Vonones was the least Parthian in spirit a Parthian king could be.&nbsp; He issued coins that must have been quite controversial in their time.&nbsp; On the obverse he added the legend King Vonones.&nbsp; If all Parthian kings had done this we would not be dealing with all these revisions of attribution.&nbsp; On the reverse, there is no seated archer and no name Arsakes.&nbsp; Instead we have &quot;King Vonones Defeater of Artibanos.&quot;&nbsp; If you are going to buy one of these, look for one with full legends on flan.&nbsp; They are not hard to find full legend but some are missing one of the words all of which are important.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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