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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1206281, member: 19463&quot;]Another minor point worth mentioning is that the tetradrachms are struck in a more debased silver than the drachms.&nbsp; I really doubt there were many regions where the two circulated together and certainly not at a 4:1 exchange.&nbsp; Eastern money has a great tendency to be pretty close to the right weight or fineness or people would discount it in favor of other coins.&nbsp; That&#039;s why we had the profession of money changer who knew which coins were full quality and which were backed more by a ruler&#039;s strong arms than by his strong currency.&nbsp; I agree with both the above posters.&nbsp; The tets were made for use in the Mesopotamian areas under Parthian rule but I&#039;d not go so far as calling that part of the Parthian homeland.&nbsp; This buffer state probably went a long way in preventing even worse relations between Rome and the Parthians (which were always at or near war until the Sasanians took Parthia and became the enemy of concern on that front).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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