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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Conduitt, post: 5241411, member: 109923&quot;]I think there are a great many rulers who are only known from their coins, since much else (records, statues etc) was easily destroyed or didn&#039;t exist in the first place. Coins buried in the ground are harder to eradicate!</p><p><br /></p><p>Two thirds of Pre-Roman British rulers (that we know about!) are only known from their coins, like Tasciovanos, Addedomaros and Cartivellaunos (who are famous amongst numismatists but no-one else). It seems they didn&#039;t write anything down, so the only other records we have are from the Romans.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tasciovanos Unit, 5BC-5AD</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1217842[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Verlamion (St Albans). Silver<b>, 13mm, 1.40g</b>. 3rd coinage, Trinovantian O. Quadrilobe inscribed with saltire, superimposed on stylized cross, V-E-R-L in angles. Boar right; TAS above, star below (Kretz type D1; Van Arsdell [RDVA#] 1796-01; SCBC 236).</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The Parthians too are often a mystery, but several kings have been discerned from their coinage (although still no-one is quite sure who is who or if a particular king even existed at all).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Pacorus I (or perhaps II, or even Vologases III) Drachma, 105-147AD</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1217843[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Ekbatana. Silver, 23mm, 3.44g (Sellwood 78).</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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