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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3607720, member: 19463"]It is always good to see the right coin end up in the right collection. I trust this will be a coin still in your hands when you pass on. It is a keeper.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have never understood these coins which we call tetradrachms. Mine is an Ardashir and has better billon than your prize but still the metal value is about the same as the silver coins we call drachms. I know they were made for circulation in different parts of the Parthian Empire but there is no way anyone would give you four drachms for a tetradrachm. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]965951[/ATTACH] </p><p>Was the coin heavily contested in the auction or were there few there with a clue what the coin is?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3607720, member: 19463"]It is always good to see the right coin end up in the right collection. I trust this will be a coin still in your hands when you pass on. It is a keeper. I have never understood these coins which we call tetradrachms. Mine is an Ardashir and has better billon than your prize but still the metal value is about the same as the silver coins we call drachms. I know they were made for circulation in different parts of the Parthian Empire but there is no way anyone would give you four drachms for a tetradrachm. [ATTACH=full]965951[/ATTACH] Was the coin heavily contested in the auction or were there few there with a clue what the coin is?[/QUOTE]
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