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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3486736, member: 99456&quot;][USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER], a nice writeup and an interesting coin.&nbsp; I am reviving this thread to share a second Parthian diobol (Pl. 42,1), clearly not the most popular or common coins on CT with only one thread related.&nbsp; This one has very different portrait style</p><p>[ATTACH=full]924622[/ATTACH]</p><p>Parthian AR Diobol, <b>Vologases I </b>(51-78 AD )</p><p><b>Mint:</b> Uncertain mint in Persis</p><p><b>Obv:</b> bare-headed bust left with medium beard wearing diadem with loop at the top and two ends; wavy hair; two-line neck torque has no ends; circular border of dots</p><p><b>Rev:</b> archer seated right on throne holding bow; somewhat blundered Greek inscription reading, with emendations, ΟΛΙΓΑCΟΟ(Υ) ΤΟΥ ΚΥΡΙ(Ο)Υ (&#039;Vologases the lord&#039;)</p><p><b>Size:</b> 1.29g, 12mm</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Shore 379</p><p><i><font size="3"><br /></font></i></p><p><i><font size="3">&quot;We cannot tell whether the use of &#039;lord&#039; rather than &#039;king&#039; implies a subordinate status; probably the rulers themselves were uncertain of the exact implications and it would be unwise to try to read too much into it.&quot;</font></i></p><p><font size="3">- Sellwood, Numismatic Chronicle, 1989 <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/42667578" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/42667578" rel="nofollow">https://www.jstor.org/stable/42667578</a></font></p><p>Shore:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]924623[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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