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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2714419, member: 19463&quot;]That coin was on my short list for CNG 395 but I was in Indiana on sketchy WiFi that day and was busy doing chores for my 103 y.o. MIL so bid on nothing in the sale.&nbsp; It is a very nice coin.&nbsp; Congratulations (I would not have bid that much so you saved nothing by my absence).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]613579[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite Parthian AE is a tetrachalkon (21mm) of Mithradates II with horse.&nbsp; I can not find it in the books I have (MI is on obverse in the literature).&nbsp; If you can tell me anything about it, I would love to hear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Several years ago, I received a very nice letter from a gentleman who was writing a book on the <b>Writings of John</b> </p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Writings-John-Survey-Epistles-Apocalypse/dp/0310267374/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Writings-John-Survey-Epistles-Apocalypse/dp/0310267374/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Writings-John-Survey-Epistles-Apocalypse/dp/0310267374/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a></p><p>requesting permission to use the image and asking for a separate image of the coin.&nbsp; He had seen it in my group image on my Parthian pages.</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/parthae.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/parthae.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/parthae.html</a></p><p>Then as now that page was well hidden not even appearing in my menu but linked from the silver page below.&nbsp; I really should fix that in honor of it being posted poorly 19 years ago.</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><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/paegrp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I sent him the image and mentioned that, while it was not a requirement, I always enjoyed seeing a copy of works in which my images appear.&nbsp; I offered to provide other images on request but never heard back.&nbsp; After a couple years I got a hardback copy of his book (500+ pages) including my photo on page 404.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Writings-John-Survey-Epistles-Apocalypse/dp/0310267374/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Writings-John-Survey-Epistles-Apocalypse/dp/0310267374/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Writings-John-Survey-Epistles-Apocalypse/dp/0310267374/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now it has been remaindered for a reduced price but I was somewhat surprised to get a $45 book for the use of a single photo that, to this day, I can not figure why he wanted.&nbsp; It is captioned telling us that the Parthians used horses.&nbsp;&nbsp; The book has several other coin photos from other sources most of which I could have supplied something that would have done equally well and none really seemed needed in the context of the section in which they appeared. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have provided images for other books and even got a couple pamphlets or paperbacks.&nbsp; Most used the images and sent nothing.&nbsp; Several used the images without asking.&nbsp; This was the case of what happens when you deal with a gentleman of honor.&nbsp; I suspect I am the only person who read (most of) the book but was not a seminary student but that is OK.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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