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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alwin, post: 8211858, member: 108806&quot;]Very interesting drachm, the specimens from Traxiane are among the rarest.</p><p>Given its weight it is possible that the coin is fourrée (I had a coin minted at Aria, of the same weight, probably fourrée), but it is not certain, it is perhaps only a metal of bad quality.</p><p>Drachms of Orodes II with the monogram T can be extremely different from each other, either in style or in their legends (completely consistent or not at all). It looks like a lot of engravers, of very varying skill, got involved, and that the engravers of Traxiane and Margiane were partially the same (<a href="http://www.parthika.fr/Ateliers-orientaux.html#haut" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.parthika.fr/Ateliers-orientaux.html#haut" rel="nofollow">http://www.parthika.fr/Ateliers-orientaux.html#haut</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>Two drachms (ex) from my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440896[/ATTACH]</p><p>ORODES II</p><p>Drachm S.45.27 v., Traxiane </p><p>3.55 g</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440898[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>ORODES II</p><p>Drachm S.47.12, Traxiane </p><p>3.95 g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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