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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1318909, member: 19463&quot;]Well, of course Parthia.com is a better resource than my pages.&nbsp; My pages are simply simplified and simplistic summaries on some subjects posted there for the purpose of helping beginners stick one toe in the scholarship pool rather than drowning in the ocean of completeness of true scholarship.&nbsp; In this case, we were shown five of the most common Parthian drachms.&nbsp; <u>All five</u> of them are very closely matched by coins on my page.&nbsp; I believe that for the OP to figure out what his coins are himself is better than spoon feeding Sellwood numbers to someone who quite likely would never see a Sellwood book.&nbsp; I am increasing reluctant to provide answers to ID requests from people who have not tried to find the answers.&nbsp; In this case, the person who said the coins were Parthian did good for the cause because these coins do not bear legends saying &#039;Parthian&#039; and figuring that much out just from the coins could be difficult.&nbsp;&nbsp; Mat provided the link to my page as a place to &#039;get started&#039; not as the Encyclopedia of all things coin.&nbsp; Today, unlike the year my site began, we have sites like Coin Talk, Forvm and Coin Community where someone can go for help with such things on an interactive basis.&nbsp; For that reason today there may be no continuing need for amateur summaries but I still believe that the overall good of the &#039;Teach a Man to Fish&#039; theory is better served by suggesting beginners read Dr. Seuss before they tackle James Joyce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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