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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2520510, member: 19463&quot;]It is not too hard to get carried away with Parthians.&nbsp; Alegandron&#039;s MI is a special type from the early days with very different portraits and shorter legends.&nbsp; Each needs one of these.&nbsp; I also think there should be extra demand for a few other &#039;classes&#039;:</p><p>A tiara type. Orodes I</p><p>[ATTACH=full]537269[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A facing bust.&nbsp; Phraates III</p><p>[ATTACH=full]537270[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A nice forehead wart and a bird behind the bust: Phraates IV</p><p>[ATTACH=full]537271[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Vonones I not only put his own name in Greek on both sides but the reverse reads &quot;King Vonones conqueror of Artabanos&quot;.&nbsp; Perhaps we should mention that when the war ended, Artabanos won but his coins don&#039;t rub it in.&nbsp; You really need one of these.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]537272[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Mithradates added an extra line above the reverse giving his name in Parthian.&nbsp; The rest of the legend is corrupt Greek which is getting harder and harder to read by this time. Not only do you need one of these but you want one off center in the correct direction so you can see that top line. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]537273[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Near the very end, the Greek is really illegible and reverse style gets crude.&nbsp; Vologases VI took pity on us and put his monogram on the obverse so we would recognize his coins.&nbsp; I like the way his beard overlaps the beaded circle at the bottom.&nbsp; Many later coins show this if the centering allows.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]537274[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There are many other special Parthians which I still lack and will continue to lack because most of you will pay more for them than I will.&nbsp; There are a couple I really want and anyone who knows me could figure out which they are with very little effort.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Did anyone else notice that the last JA sale sold the coins that were neither Greek nor Roman but not the nice examples of the easy stuff.&nbsp; What is going on here?&nbsp; Are we leaving the Dark Side and diving into a Black Hole?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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