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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1734686, member: 19463&quot;]There was a time when Parthians could be bought for less than Romans and I tried to get a sampling of common ones.&nbsp; That changed a lot when Fred Shore published his book on them.&nbsp; Now the book is hard to find and the coins are sometimes overpriced.&nbsp; They tend to be good silver but they come in few variations until you get into mints or really minor points.&nbsp; Many rulers (all the early ones) used the name Arsakes, founder of the dynasty rather than their own name so most are IDed by portraits.&nbsp; I suggest buying them when nice looking ones are available at reasonable prices.&nbsp; It always amazed me how the Parthians were able to avoid the evil debasement of silver that we see on Roman coins.&nbsp; </p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/parthar.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/parthar.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/parthar.html</a></p><p>Most of my coins made it on my page above.&nbsp;&nbsp; The real rare stuff that is usually underappreciated are the little, ugly bronzes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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