Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1452225, member: 26302&quot;]Great writeup Doug. My only comments would be:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Yeah, the Sellwood book is brutal to read with that calligraphy, I absolutely hate it.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. The Shore book, while easier to read, is wrong in many places where he deviated from Sellwood.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. The scholarship has been moving fast in Parthian coins, adding many new rulers and changing attributions. I just sat through a presentation from the former curator of the National numismatic collection who works for the ANA now, and he said all references are out of date. They have added at least 3 new rulers since Shore.</p><p><br /></p><p>4. I think the prices are going up for lack of new hoards found. I have not seen a hoard dispersal in 10 years really, save for a few groups of maybe 20 pieces. Lack of hoards is what I believe is driving up Parthian and Sassanid prices. The last Sassanid hoard was Hormizd II, and that was a few years ago already.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in