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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2462808, member: 42634&quot;]two nice parthian coins i picked up not to long ago. </p><p><br /></p><p>parthian tetradrachm was on my list....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_9417_zps1tdxrfnm.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_9417_zps1tdxrfnm.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/100_9417_zps1tdxrfnm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"> KINGS of PARTHIA. Vologases IV. 147-191 AD. Billon Tetradrachm </font></p><p>O: Diademed bust left, wearing tiara; B behind / Greek legend, Vologases seated left on throne, Tyche standing right before him, presenting a diadem and holding sceptre; year (Seleucid 464, 152 AD), month below (November),Seleucia on the Tigris mint, 26 mm, 13.6 g. Sellwood 84.12-5; Shore 427.</p><p><br /></p><p>neat big silver coin, plus dated to year and the month...who cool is that? </p><p><br /></p><p>this one i just picked up &#039;cause i couldn&#039;t not bid on it.&nbsp; got it for a very reasonable price.&nbsp; it&#039;s a lovely coin, the toning is fantastic and didn&#039;t quite come across in the pic.&nbsp; the reveres is&nbsp; slightly out of focus, but it&#039;s the best i could get, it was very hard to get a pic of. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_9379_zpslfjuvcpp.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/100_9379_zpslfjuvcpp.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/100_9379_zpslfjuvcpp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">Parthian Kingdom. Vologases IV. A.D. 147-191. Silver Drachm </font></p><p><br /></p><p>O: Bust left with long, tapering and square cut beard, wearing double banded diadem with double loop, and tiara with earflaps, decorated with &quot;hooks&quot; on crest, ear and earring visible, spiral torque, dotted border. R: Archer enthroned right, pellet above arm, monogram below bow, single line Aramaic legend (top) , followed by a six-line stylized Greek inscription. Ecbatana mint. 3.5 g, 19 mm. Sellwood type 84.128, ex. Tom Buggey.</p><p><br /></p><p>post some parthans![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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