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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3691237, member: 99456&quot;]Nice coin [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] - here&#039;s my Orodes II of Susa - I find the portrait on this coin a bit unusual - a&nbsp; heavier face.&nbsp; It is interesting to see the coins in this post, although I haven&#039;t seen very many coins from Susa mint - the portraits seem surprisingly varied.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]989263[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="4"><b>Orodes II (57-38 B.C.)</b> AR Drachm, Susa</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv:</b> short-bearded bust left wearing diadem and pellet-ended torque, star before and crescent behind; no wart visible on forehead; circular border of pellets</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev: </b>beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; above bow, monogram; below bow, monogram; no border; seven-line Greek inscription = ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Ref: </b>Sellwood 47.22 - Note: Sellwood 47.20-47.26 are all drachms of Orodes II from Susa and are all differentiated by the monograms above and below the bow on the reverse.&nbsp; [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER]&#039;s coin looks like 47.21 to me. </font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">&quot;Susa is situated in the interior, upon the river Choaspes, beyond the bridge; but the territory extends to the sea: and the sea-coast of this territory, from the borders of the Persian coast nearly as far as the mouths of the Tigris, is a distance of about 3000 stadia.&quot;</font></p><p><font size="3">- <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0239%3Abook%3D15%3Achapter%3D3%3Asection%3D4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0239%3Abook%3D15%3Achapter%3D3%3Asection%3D4" rel="nofollow">Strabo Geography 15.3.4</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">“This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush : At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa, and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his nobles and officials. The military leaders of Persia and Media, the princes, and the nobles of the provinces were present. For a full 180 days he displayed the vast wealth of his kingdom and the splendor and glory of his majesty. When these days were over, the king gave a banquet, lasting seven days, in the enclosed garden of the king’s palace, for all the people from the least to the greatest who were in the citadel of Susa.” </font></p><p><font size="3">- <a href="https://biblehub.com/niv/esther/1.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://biblehub.com/niv/esther/1.htm" rel="nofollow">Esther 1:2-5</a></font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">Excavations of Susa by M.A. Dieulafoy 1884-1886 found treasures from the palace built by Darius and occupied by Xerxes.&nbsp; Treasures from Susa <a href="https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/frieze-lions" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/frieze-lions" rel="nofollow">can be viewed</a> today in the Louvre in Paris.</font></p><p><font size="3"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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