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Message:: [QUOTE="svessien, post: 4293502, member: 15481"]I got three new old Parthian coins today. Not in great shape, but I’m a cheapo with these side projects: [ATTACH=full]1092930[/ATTACH] Auction description is:«3 pcs. Drachm from the mint in Mithradatkart; Phraates IV, 38–2 BC; Phraatakes, 2 BC -5 AD, Sellwood 52.14, 56.6, 56.13. (3)», but what do I know? Nothing. I have no book, no good websites, and shouldn’t really buy things based on so little knowledge.(My only source for Parthian coins have been our resident silent druid of the near east. )If they are good coins, I know Phraatakes married his mother, that’s something...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />At 25$ each, it may even have been a decent deal. Edit: I found this online:«Phraatakes (literally, Little Phraates), was the son of Phraates IV of Parthia and his Roman wife, Musa.  In 2 BC, Praatakes and his mother poisoned his father, and he took the throne of Parthia as Phraates V.  According to the Roman historian Josephus, Phraatakes's brief rule came to an end in AD 4, when he decided to marry his own mother, outraging his subjects, who promptly rebelled against him.  Phraatakes was forced to flee to Syria, where he was murdered soon thereafter.» Not a very successful ruler, then, good old Phraatakes. [/QUOTE]