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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 3730677, member: 97383&quot;]Doug, Your theory makes sense. Nearly all the reverse lettering you see on Parthian coinage is done with the dot-drill technique, so why not employ on the obverse side if you can successfully disguise it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Your Mithradates II drachm is a handsome coin with the king looking rather stern. This coin has a feature missing from my example &amp; most drachms, a half dragon body emerging from the head of the torque <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. It took amazing skill for the celator to include this feature in such a small coin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. This feature isn&#039;t often seen on the larger Tets for that matter. The Tet pictured below I sold almost two years ago, &amp; you&#039;ll notice just a head appearing at the top of the torque. BTW it sold for $2,160.00 at Heritage <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000345[/ATTACH] </p><p>Mithradates II, Struck c. 120-109 BC, Seleucia on the Tigris Mint, 15.77 gm, 30 mm, 12 h. Shore 66, Sellwood 24.3, Sunrise 281.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1000346[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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