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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1924048, member: 19463&quot;]Parthians would be a lot more popular if more of the kings had put their names on the coins instead of hiding behind the family Arsakes.&nbsp;&nbsp; That leads to some disputes over just which coins belong to which king as shown on the OP slab label (There are some really different silver portraits but most reverses are a bit boring.&nbsp; The bronzes have more variety in reverses but most are small and a bit crude.&nbsp; &nbsp; Notice that Parthian drachms tend to be centered low.&nbsp; Coins showing the bottom of the dotted border are unusual.</p><p>Mithradates I</p><p>[ATTACH=full]330805[/ATTACH]</p><p>Mithradates II</p><p>[ATTACH=full]330806[/ATTACH]</p><p>Orodes I</p><p>[ATTACH=full]330807[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Phraates III[ATTACH=full]330808[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Phraates IV[ATTACH=full]330809[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Phraatakes[ATTACH=full]330810[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Pacorus II[ATTACH=full]330811[/ATTACH]</p><p>Vologases III</p><p>[ATTACH=full]330812[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Vologases VI[ATTACH=full]330813[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a couple rare ones that I would really like including Volagases V who was fought by Septimius Severus and punished for supporting Pescennius Niger.&nbsp; Who has one of his to show?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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