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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3400683, member: 99456&quot;]This coin arrived in my mailbox this week:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]903042[/ATTACH]</p><p>I have been looking for a while for a coin of <a href="http://www.parthia.com/phraataces.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.parthia.com/phraataces.htm" rel="nofollow">Phraataces</a>, king of Parthia 2 BC - AD 4,&nbsp; son of Phraates IV and Musa who was given to Phraates IV as a gift by Marc Anthony - the rest of the story is worth looking up...&nbsp; Finding this coin misattributed as Phraates IV was already a nice surprise.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin completes a mini-collection of Parthian obverses:</p><p><br /></p><p>- Sellwood 51 Phraates IV (No symbols on obverse)</p><p>- Sellwood 52 Phraates IV (Eagle)</p><p>- Sellwood 53 Phraates IV (Eagle &amp; star)</p><p>- Sellwood 54 Phraates IV (Eagle, star and crescent)</p><p><br /></p><p>Given the coins of Phraates IV with Nike are very rare, I was happy to include a Nike with this coin, Phraataces Sellwood 56 (Nike, star, and crescent)</p><p><br /></p><p>What I didn&#039;t expect was the writing on the coin flip linking to CNG 36 Lot 317 - which when I looked it up is:&nbsp; <i>&quot;<b>CNG 36 December 5-6, 1995, Fred B. Shore Collection of Parthian Lot#317</b>&quot;</i>.&nbsp; The <a href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/cng_36" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/cng_36" rel="nofollow">CNG 36 catalog</a> reads &quot;Shore 317 (this coin)&quot; – and the weight cited is a match for the coin above at 3.43g.&nbsp; The CNG listing:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]903028[/ATTACH]</p><p>If anyone has a copy of Shore&#039;s &quot;Parthian Coins &amp; History: Ten Dragons Against Rome&quot; I&#039;d be interested to see what it says about this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Share your Parthian, Phraataces or Phraates IV coins, or anything else relevant.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]903029[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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