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<p>[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 5931657, member: 109923"]Even the experts don't know much about the Parthians (other than they were Persian rivals to the Romans, because the Romans wrote about them).</p><p><br /></p><p>Orodes I on your coin might not even be Orodes I, but Sinatruces. Or not. Did they give you a Sellwood catalogue reference? Most of the time that's more reliable than the king's name...</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a drachm of Mithradates III, Orodes I's predecessor. Although he might in fact be Orodes I, or Sinatruces, or an unnamed son of Mithradates III, or some usurper no-one knows anything about.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mithridates III Drachm, 87-80BC</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1243621[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Silver, 4.01g. Bearded bust left wearing tiara (T31i) with six-pointed star; pellet ended torque; circular border of pellets. Beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; no border (Sellwood 31.6).</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The reverses on these are all very similar, with a seated archer. They differ on such things as how many legs the chair has or what symbols there are underneath.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like many, this one has a 7-line Greek inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ / ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ / ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ / ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ / ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ / ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, VASILEOS MEGALOU ARSAKOU AUTOKRATOROS FILOPATOROS EPIFANOUS FILELLINOS, Of the Great King Arsakes, Ruling by his own authority, Loving his father, Illustrious, Loving the Greeks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rather than name the king, they name King Arsakes, the first Parthian ruler in 247-217BC. Which is not very helpful, and is part of the reason no-one really knows which king was which.</p><p><br /></p><p>This website is good for working out which coin is which:</p><p><a href="http://www.parthia.com/parthia_ident_drachm.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.parthia.com/parthia_ident_drachm.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.parthia.com/parthia_ident_drachm.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 5931657, member: 109923"]Even the experts don't know much about the Parthians (other than they were Persian rivals to the Romans, because the Romans wrote about them). Orodes I on your coin might not even be Orodes I, but Sinatruces. Or not. Did they give you a Sellwood catalogue reference? Most of the time that's more reliable than the king's name... I have a drachm of Mithradates III, Orodes I's predecessor. Although he might in fact be Orodes I, or Sinatruces, or an unnamed son of Mithradates III, or some usurper no-one knows anything about. [B]Mithridates III Drachm, 87-80BC[/B] [ATTACH=full]1243621[/ATTACH] [B]Silver, 4.01g. Bearded bust left wearing tiara (T31i) with six-pointed star; pellet ended torque; circular border of pellets. Beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; no border (Sellwood 31.6).[/B] The reverses on these are all very similar, with a seated archer. They differ on such things as how many legs the chair has or what symbols there are underneath. Like many, this one has a 7-line Greek inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ / ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ / ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ / ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ / ΦΙΛΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ / ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ, VASILEOS MEGALOU ARSAKOU AUTOKRATOROS FILOPATOROS EPIFANOUS FILELLINOS, Of the Great King Arsakes, Ruling by his own authority, Loving his father, Illustrious, Loving the Greeks. Rather than name the king, they name King Arsakes, the first Parthian ruler in 247-217BC. Which is not very helpful, and is part of the reason no-one really knows which king was which. This website is good for working out which coin is which: [URL]http://www.parthia.com/parthia_ident_drachm.htm[/URL][/QUOTE]
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