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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3266478, member: 75937"]Lovely coins, [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] ! Of course, I like the Trajan -- what a fascinating reverse type!</p><p><br /></p><p>I also found the Phraataces drachm fascinating for the iconography on the obverse. I like the Nike behind the portrait, but was particularly intrigued by the crescent and star in front of the portrait. I sometimes read back issues (actual print copies <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) of <i>The Celator</i> and I recently read "Crescent and Star and Related Images -- a historical perspective" by David Wray in the February, 2004 issue (Vol 18, no. 2, pp. 6ff). The author discusses the use of the crescent and star on various Parthian issues and illustrates a drachm of Orodes II from the Mithradatkart mint (Shore 241). <i>The Celator</i> is archived online and this particular issue is available <a href="https://52.7.197.190/celator-vol-18-no-02/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://52.7.197.190/celator-vol-18-no-02/" rel="nofollow">here</a>, but this morning my browser says the link is unsafe, so be warned. </p><p><br /></p><p>I wish you the best, both personally and numismatically, in 2019![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 3266478, member: 75937"]Lovely coins, [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] ! Of course, I like the Trajan -- what a fascinating reverse type! I also found the Phraataces drachm fascinating for the iconography on the obverse. I like the Nike behind the portrait, but was particularly intrigued by the crescent and star in front of the portrait. I sometimes read back issues (actual print copies :wideyed:) of [I]The Celator[/I] and I recently read "Crescent and Star and Related Images -- a historical perspective" by David Wray in the February, 2004 issue (Vol 18, no. 2, pp. 6ff). The author discusses the use of the crescent and star on various Parthian issues and illustrates a drachm of Orodes II from the Mithradatkart mint (Shore 241). [I]The Celator[/I] is archived online and this particular issue is available [URL='https://52.7.197.190/celator-vol-18-no-02/']here[/URL], but this morning my browser says the link is unsafe, so be warned. I wish you the best, both personally and numismatically, in 2019![/QUOTE]
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