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<p>[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 8099715, member: 81887"]This is very sad news [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] , I am definitely hoping for the best for you. Here are two fierce horse-mounted archers to add to your team. First, a drachm of the Afrighid dynasty (c. early 800s):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408335[/ATTACH]</p><p>And second is my avatar coin, a Parthian tetradrachm of Artabanos IV (c.10- 38 AD). Artabanos had been king of the Parthian vassal state of Adiabene and was invited in by some discontented nobles to overthrow the unpopular Vonones. Artabanos was initially defeated, and forced to seek refuge with the semi-nomadic Dahae beyond the Caspian Sea; Vonones even issued coinage proclaiming his defeat of Artabanos. But Artabanos raised a new force, tried again, successfully expelled Vonones, and went on to reign for over 20 more years. He was a fierce warrior who never gave up. On this coin he receives the palm branch from Nike.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408346[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 8099715, member: 81887"]This is very sad news [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER] , I am definitely hoping for the best for you. Here are two fierce horse-mounted archers to add to your team. First, a drachm of the Afrighid dynasty (c. early 800s): [ATTACH=full]1408335[/ATTACH] And second is my avatar coin, a Parthian tetradrachm of Artabanos IV (c.10- 38 AD). Artabanos had been king of the Parthian vassal state of Adiabene and was invited in by some discontented nobles to overthrow the unpopular Vonones. Artabanos was initially defeated, and forced to seek refuge with the semi-nomadic Dahae beyond the Caspian Sea; Vonones even issued coinage proclaiming his defeat of Artabanos. But Artabanos raised a new force, tried again, successfully expelled Vonones, and went on to reign for over 20 more years. He was a fierce warrior who never gave up. On this coin he receives the palm branch from Nike. [ATTACH=full]1408346[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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