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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 4195243, member: 81887&quot;]Nice OP coin of this unknown-to-history rebel.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t added any of his coins to the Parthicus Collection Mark II yet, sorry I don&#039;t have one to share.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Based on just this specimen, I would have to agree with you- by this point the &quot;Greek&quot; legends were absolute gibberish.&nbsp; This may be why some of these very late types have added Parthian legends- otherwise there would be nothing readable on the coins at all.&nbsp; If you look at the Parthian series as a whole, and start during, say, the Artabanos drachms (S.63.6) of c.10-38 AD, when the reverse legends are still decent readable Greek, you can follow the slow progression as letters gradually become less clear, morph shape, and finally become like this specimen.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I did not know that Don Zauche passed away.&nbsp; I remember him well from the Baltimore shows.&nbsp; He always had good deals, and was always very friendly.&nbsp; I bought several coins from him at the Baltimore show in November, including some I haven&#039;t posted yet.&nbsp; I will miss him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sellwood 85.4 and 85.5 are identical in design, except that 85.4 is listed as a dichalkoi and 85.5 as a chalkos.&nbsp; So, I guess weight is the only way to tell which you have.&nbsp; Which, given that late Parthian bronzes don&#039;t seem to have very consistent weights, may not be reliable.&nbsp; Sorry about that.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I would say that your sheep does have prominent horns, as I&#039;ve outlined below:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1076752[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that&#039;s what I call one horny sheep! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=110740]@oldfinecollector[/USER] :&nbsp; That&#039;s a very nice specimen of Orodes II, however, the OP coin was of Osroes II.&nbsp; Different guy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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