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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3401542, member: 19463&quot;]The sale listing copied the Shore text except they deleted the reference to monogram 30 since readers of the catalog would not have access to the page showing 175 monograms on Parthian coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I made a mistake when I bought my copy of Shore when it came out.&nbsp; I bought one.&nbsp; I should have bought a box.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Parthian-Coins-History-Dragons-Against/dp/0963673807/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=fred+shore+ten+dragons&amp;qid=1552045787&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1-spell" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Parthian-Coins-History-Dragons-Against/dp/0963673807/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=fred+shore+ten+dragons&amp;qid=1552045787&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1-spell" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Parthian-Coins-History-Dragons-Against/dp/0963673807/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=fred+shore+ten+dragons&amp;qid=1552045787&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1-spell</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I saw Fred Shore at a show a couple years ago and asked if he still had stock of the book.&nbsp; He might have been better of if he saved a few.&nbsp; There have been some changes in the &#039;current&#039; attributions since his book came out but the book is still worth having.&nbsp; The Amazon price is more than I would suggest paying.&nbsp; Another older book worth getting is Sellwood, The Coinage of Parthia which is distinctive by being reproduced from the author&#039;s calligraphy.</p><p><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/12/6/6/6onNqL5EarS3m7JKLtC9D8xk2YAsBa.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Trivia:&nbsp; You know the guy who took the excellent photos in the Shore book.&nbsp; I did not but someone here on CT did. Who?</p><p><br /></p><p>I have shown mine on CT before so nothing new here:</p><p>Phraates IV</p><p>[ATTACH=full]903199[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Ecbatana mint[ATTACH=full]903200[/ATTACH] </p><p>Phraatakes</p><p>[ATTACH=full]903201[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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