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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 3418729, member: 72790&quot;]I am presently reading a book, Ancient Persia at War, and the author writes about something I find intriguing. During the reign of the Parthian King Phraates IV, Rome under the leadership of Triumvir Marc Antony invaded Parthia and was sent packing with heavy losses. According to this book the Parthians found a large quantity of Roman coins as a pay chest for the Roman troops. The Parthians then restamped and issued them to their own soldiers. If this is true does anyone know what the denarii originally looked like and what they might have looked like after the Parthians reissued them. How close would the weights of the denarius of ca. 40 BC have been compared to the Parthian drachmas of the same time period and, if very close, would simply giving them a counter strike be sufficient for Parthian purposes? Thanks for any info, (or just plausible speculation in a pinch will do).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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