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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1778361, member: 19463&quot;]There is disagreement among various books on who gets which Parthian coins.&nbsp; The scheme I prefer says this one is Orodes I after the death of his father (Mithradates II) with whom he had ruled jointly for a few years.&nbsp; The joint coins showed him in a tall crown which he removed and changed the legend from &#039;who loves his father&#039; to &#039;whose father is a god&#039; as seen here.&nbsp; The nose remains the same.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My late, sole reign, coin is a lot like the OP example - just not as nice.&nbsp; The significant line of the legend is the inner left &#039;Theopatros&#039; reading down.&nbsp;&nbsp; Note the o&#039;s are really small marks.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]284132[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The earlier coin while Mithradates was alive has a seven line legend&nbsp; including at the inner bottom (upside down here) &#039;fatherlover&#039; and below that (also upside down) Autokrator which, I understand is a bit like the Roman Caesar used by junior rulers.&nbsp; There is a lot about this one that I do not understand.&nbsp; Note the star on the crown has seven points rather than the usual 6 or 8.&nbsp; Most unusual is the inner left legend which reads Epifanoys as it should but the first two letters are separated by the M of the inner top line Megaloy.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]284133[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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