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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3474817, member: 99456&quot;]Interesting discussion - thank you for all of the information.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a Sellwood 81.1 - which I am relabeling as Sanatrukes(?) son of Meherdates,&nbsp; AD 116</p><p>[ATTACH=full]924301[/ATTACH]</p><p>for others interested in the above references: </p><p><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=XQQK4X92jiQC&amp;pg=PA160" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=XQQK4X92jiQC&amp;pg=PA160" rel="nofollow">John Lindsay (1852), &quot;A View of the History and Coinage of the Parthians&quot;</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]924307[/ATTACH]</p><p>as well as the reference to sixth century AD historian, John Malalas and his Chronicle.</p><blockquote><p><font size="3">&quot;In that year Meerdotes, emperor of the Persians who was Parthian by descent and the brother of Osdroes, emperor of the Armenians, began a campaign and came with a large force to make war on the Roman state.&nbsp; Accompanied by his son Sanatroukios, he captured cities and plundered many districts.&nbsp; While he was plundering the district of Euphratesia, he was thrown off his horse as he was riding.&nbsp; He was badly injured and died a natural death.&nbsp; When on the point of death, he made his son Sanatroukios “Arsakes”, that is emperor in his place; for in Persian “Torkim” is the translation&nbsp; for emperor.&nbsp; Sanatroukis, emperor of the Persians, continued to ravage Roman territory.&quot;</font></p><p><font size="3">- <a href="https://en.calameo.com/read/000675905f2f4bf509d49?page=182" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.calameo.com/read/000675905f2f4bf509d49?page=182" rel="nofollow">John Malalas</a></font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for your suggestion, my copy arrived today (as mentioned by others, plastic-wrapped and new).&nbsp; With the impressive contributors, write-ups of history and coinage, rich bibliography, and beautiful coin photos, I am pleased to have this book.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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