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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DBDc80, post: 3088474, member: 84525&quot;]Beautiful coin Parthicus! Here is my contribution, as it is directly relevant to your thread. So as Parthicus mentioned, the kings of Parthia had this terrible penchant for killing one another for the throne. This coin is of Phraates IV, who around 38 B.C. ascended to the throne, by, you guessed it, murdering his father Orodes II. In fact, Phraates was so affraid of the same thing happening to him he murdered all his brothers. However, this was to no avail, as Phraates would eventually be murdered by his own wife (a former slave named Musa) and her son, Phraates V (or Phraataces). Oddly enough, Phraataces would then go on and marry his own mother (oh, the intrigues of those Parthians. This coin was a win from a recent CNG auction, and was once part of the Nisa Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]778867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]778868[/ATTACH] Phraates IV AR drachm ca 38-2 B.C. 3.87 gm. Laodikia mint Sellwood 52.16 Sunrise 393 ex Nisa collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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