Ok my last Parthian

Dang Eng ... I may have spoken a bit too soon?? (Bob L seems a bit like he's your Lex Luther?!!)

 

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Welcome Bob L., Wow, great looking coins , i know nothing about these coins, i'm using the sellers info. I posted a Parthian Gotarses l a page back, most think it's a Orodes l, very nice coin..so i have changed info and will spend a little more time checking them out..

 

Bing is being mean to me => I may "Report" his arse?!!

 

Yeah, yeah. Boo, boo, boo,boo. Blah, blah-blah, blah

 

huh? ... wow, nice

Bing, we are currently touring through Florida in our Airstream trailer ... we are mere minutes away from your house, but after that comment the missus and I are gonna veer away from your place and head on up through the Carolinas ... nice

 

That must have been you in the ditch with the Airstream upsidedown. Oh man, I'm so sorry we'll not see you. NOT!!

 

Thanks for the welcome.

Sorry to cross threads like this, but I did just see your "Gotarzes I" post, so I'll reply here. The crowd is correct; it's Orodes I. Technically, here's the proper citation for it:

Sellwood 30.16 (Unknown King); Shore 134 (Orodes I)

 

Ahhhhh

 

There are several things to like about Parthians but I still am out of most by the prices I see now compared to 'the old days'. I agree with the Sellwood numbers given. For those who have not seen it, The Sellwood book is interesting in that it was not typeset but reproduced from his calligraphic pen and ink original. The tet here appealed to me back in 1999 as only my second example of a month dated Parthian. The month is spelled out (bottom, outer) as June (piANHMOY) and the year in Greek numerals between the heads (43 AD). Many tets lost their month dates due to small flans or poor centering so I picked up this one despite its wear because it could be read. At present, about half the dozen or so Vardanes tets available online have readable months so maybe I was overimpressed by this one when I saw it. The coin also shows a nice wart on the king's forehead. Parthian kings were proud of their Royal Warts. The bronze was very cheap in 1993 when it seemed so few people would touch them. I never really understood why the Parthian silver drachms were made with only one type (the archer) while the bronzes had many and varied types despite their somewhat crude workmanship.