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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 24570168, member: 44316&quot;]What should you collect? Anything you like! </p><p><br /></p><p>Long ago I thought references to particular Roman victories were interesting and I decided to collect them, along with coins from many other themes. Wars against Persia are mentioned on many coins. Gradually I expanded the focus from Roman imperial coins mentioning victories against the Parthians to include some relevant Roman provincial coins, and even a few Parthian and Sasanian coins of the foes of the Romans.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I announcing my new website on “Coins and History of the Roman Wars with Persia in the Second and Third Centuries”:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Persian/Persia.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Persian/Persia.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Persian/Persia.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of the coins on the page:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1558097[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Persian/Persia.html#SS" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Persian/Persia.html#SS" rel="nofollow">Septimius Severus</a>, 193-211</p><p><br /></p><p>A denarius. 18 mm. 3.40 grams. Struck 198.</p><p><br /></p><p>VICT <b>PARTHICAE</b>, Victory advancing left holding wreath and trophy, captive below.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>RIC</i> 514 from an eastern mint (possibly Laodicea near Antioch) </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse legend ends &quot;PART MAX&quot; for &quot;Parthicus Maximus&quot;</p><p>a title he was awarded for his Parthian victories.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take a (long) moment to go to the page:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Persian/Persia.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Persian/Persia.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Persian/Persia.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Show us a coin related to Roman wars with Persia![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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