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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 4957021, member: 98035&quot;]Nice! I have always loved that these Parthian tets have a date down to the month (can&#039;t even get that with modern coins!), but I have never owned any.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Parthian collection is pretty small, more like a type set.</p><p><br /></p><p>An early type (Mithradates I?) with Bashlyk</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191622[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Mithradates II, the greatest and most important (and founder of the silk road)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191624[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Mithradates III, nice Tiara bust</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191626[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Orodes II</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191625[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Phraates IV, I liked the bird </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191627[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Vonones, the only one to break the pattern of seated Arsakes as the reverse motif for drachms, and the only one to use his name on the obverse</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191628[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Pakoros, I like the schematized art style and the disappearance of the reverse legend as the engravers forgot how to read Greek</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191629[/ATTACH] </p><p>And Vologases VI, the last in the dynasty.[ATTACH=full]1191630[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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