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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Trebellianus, post: 3470161, member: 91569&quot;]Fascinating discussion (and excellent photos -- that deer tiara is very picturesque).</p><p><br /></p><p>If I could possibly tack on a question prompted by my reading this. Are there any ideas as to whether the Parthians themselves could identify and distinguish the ruler portraits, in the way we moderns are trying to do?</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems rather curious to me that different monarchs would strike different portraits (indicating, presumably, a desire to be identified as individuals), but everybody fell back on the <i>Basilews Arsakou</i> legend. Was it seen as a moot point in light of the (presumably) small size of the Greek-literate population?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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