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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1318511, member: 26302&quot;]Well I disagree of course. Remember a lot of ancient coins are found in pots, in the ground protected from the elements. Also, nearly all ancient coins are cleaned, and we are ok with that. Together with the fact that some ancients survived in collections over the years and match new coins from the ground, and carbon testing confirms age, and its pretty airtight that most ancients are authentic. Remember also there were millions, tens of millions, even billions of these struck, and the chance for survivors is very large.</p><p><br /></p><p>To the OP, your coins appear to be authentic parthian coins. The obverse is the king, the reverse is a pic of the founder of the dynasty. Check out <a href="http://www.parthia.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.parthia.com" rel="nofollow">www.parthia.com</a> for the best website concerning these coins. They are all worth $40-100 on average. Parthia was at the time probably the third largest country on earth, and issued millions of these coins. Today there are many collectors who specialize in them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Btw no disrespect Doug, I am sure your pages for these are nice, I just default to Parthia.com for any parthian questions. The builder of that site is an authority on this series. Just like I refer anyone to Tom Mallon&#039;s site if they ask about Sassanid issues.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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