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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 4320703, member: 85693&quot;]That&#039;s a terrific looking coin, Terence.&nbsp; Almost more like a medal, given the wonderful artistry. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll share this ugly AP sestertius because it too features a personification of a geographical area - Parthia, which is unusual, as Parthia was not a province.&nbsp; David Sear&#039;s explanation below.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097843[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Antoninus Pius&nbsp;&nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(139 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[ANTON]INVS [AVG PIVS P P], laureate head rt. / [PARTHIA] [COS II (in ex.)] S [C ], Parthia standing left, holding crown, bow &amp; quiver on ground.</p><p>RIC 586 (R); Cohen 572; BMCRE IV 1191; Strack 792</p><p>(24.39 grams / 30 mm) </p><p><br /></p><p>Sear: &quot;The remarkable inclusion of a rival state in this series commemorating provincial tax relief would seem to suggest that the Parthians were subject to some form of financial obligation to the Roman government consequent of</p><p>Trajan&#039;s capture of Ctesiphon in AD 115 and the loss of the celebrated golden throne of the Arsacids&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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