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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 24571169, member: 81887&quot;]Assar&#039;s argument against Parthamaspates as the issuer of S. 81 coins is as follows:&nbsp; Parthamaspates had influence only in and around Ctesiphon (which was not a mint city for the Parthians), where he was protected by the Romans.&nbsp; However, the S. 81 coins were probably struck at Ekbatana, in Media on the Iranian plateau, far from Parthamaspates&#039; zone of control and a region controlled by enemies of the Romans and their puppet.&nbsp; This seems like a very logical and reasonable argument to me.&nbsp; Assar is less sure about who may have issued the S. 81 type, but tentatively suggests a nephew of Osroes I names Sanatrukes (not to be confused with a much earlier Parthian king of the same name), who was the leader of Parthian forces in Mesopotamia in 116 CE.</p><p><br /></p><p>Assar does suggest a coinage for Parthamaspates, however, the very rare Sellwood type 83 drachms and small bronzes.&nbsp; These coins are cruder than other contemporary Parthian coins, and Assar suggests they may have been struck at a ramshackle, temporary mint.&nbsp; (The S. 83 is traditionally assigned to &quot;Unknown King&quot;.)&nbsp; He seems less certain of this than he is of removing S. 81 from Parthamaspates.&nbsp; The situation is messy and far from certain; in other words, perfectly normal for Parthian numismatics <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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