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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2553030, member: 76194&quot;]For all of you who bet against me keeping my promise that I was done buying coins for the year ([USER=44132]@Bing[/USER], etc. ), today is your payday, and those of you naive enough to believe I had the willpower to hold out, pay up! </p><p><br /></p><p>However, I promise this time for real this is my last coin for the year, with a cherry on top. Sure, I&#039;ve made this promise like 8 times before, but this time you know it&#039;s true because it has a cherry on top. Anyone care to take wagers on this?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]548833[/ATTACH]Osroes II (Claimant to&nbsp; the Throne of Parthia)</p><p>C. 190 CE</p><p>Ecbatana Mint (19.49mm, 3.62 g)</p><p>Bust left, wearing Parthian tiara</p><p>Arsakes I as archer seared right, holding bow in extended hand</p><p>Shore 437 ff.</p><p><br /></p><p>Osroes II of Parthia is as much of a historical unknown as one can possibly get. All that it is known is that Approximately one year before the death of King Vologases IV, Osroes II pressed a claim against him and appears to have been rather successful for a few short months, gaining control of what is today northern Iran. Osroes II even minted coins for a few months from the mint at Ecbatana, but then Vologases IV died and Vologases V came to power and promptly squashed Osroes II like a bug.</p><p><br /></p><p>So yeah, that&#039;s the extent of everything known about Osroes II. He came, he claimed to be King, he minted some coins, and was squashed in under a year. The End![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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