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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2517305, member: 19463&quot;]You are right.&nbsp; My use of Kamnaskires-Orodes III means that coin entered my catalog when the book I owned on the subject was de Morgan (1976) and that was the name he used for the king following Orodes II and before Orodes IV.&nbsp; van&#039;t Haaff (2007) uses the name without the numeral for the king after Orodes I and before Orodes II.&nbsp; I am in no position to judge the difference between truth and theory.&nbsp;&nbsp; We collectors usually buy a book and follow it for our attibutions.&nbsp; I need to go back and rework the coins I had before vH came out.&nbsp; I have 18 coins of Elymais including a group of ten I bought unidentified other than &#039;all different&#039;.&nbsp; More recent lots I have seen are listed as &#039;assorted&#039; so I assume than means there are some types in greater supply than others.&nbsp; All these are from the later periods of Elymaean history or &#039;Arsacid&#039; dynasty. vH ends his book with 228 AD or roughly when the Sasanians ended the Parthians and many minor kingdoms.&nbsp; There are a few kings listed as uncertain, Prince B and unientified but I would not bet the farm on any of the identifications lasting through the next book on the subject by the next expert to publish. </p><p><br /></p><p>I do suspect that Elymaean and Parthian coins would be more popular if more were identifiable as certainly as those of lands where the king always spelled out his name.&nbsp; This is not a period of history with tons of evidence so we do the best we can.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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