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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4316790, member: 19463&quot;]<a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/kirk_davis/45/product/shore_parthian_coins__history/565375/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/kirk_davis/45/product/shore_parthian_coins__history/565375/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/kirk_davis/45/product/shore_parthian_coins__history/565375/Default.aspx</a></p><p>I really liked the book by Fred Shore (who still sells coins but sold all his Parthian collection as far as I know).&nbsp; I do not think his book is worth the current used prices.&nbsp; I also loved the Sellwood book but it sells over the price I&#039;d pay.&nbsp; I am not selling either of my copies but I wish I had bought a box when they were available.&nbsp; Both suffer from being before some of the recent attribution changes.&nbsp; Some of the changes seem certainly correct while some strike me as less than well explained by what I have seen.&nbsp; Today, I would use the Parthia.com and then search CNG using the Sellwood number and see if the ID changed. </p><p>My page</p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/parthar.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/parthar.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/parthar.html</a></p><p>was aimed at beginners and has not been updated.&nbsp; Nor will it be.&nbsp; It is still OK for the target audience although I do suggest checking to see which ID&#039;s have changed.</p><p><br /></p><p>One suggestion:&nbsp; When shopping for Parthian coins, look up prospectives in the online sources and see if there is some feature that is really important in the ID and be sure your example is clear in that respect.&nbsp; For example, on coins where the king used his own name on the coin rather than just Arsakes, get a coin with that line clear (on flan at least).&nbsp; On month dated coins, get one with the month on the flan.&nbsp; I don&#039;t care if the coin is Fine or Mint State, a coin lacking those features due to centering need to be <u>seriously</u> discounted. </p><p><br /></p><p>The listings say your coins are Mithradatkart mint (I agree).&nbsp; Do you know on what basis that ID was made? Are you into Parthian to the point that you care about mint ID?&nbsp; One of my coins below from the same two rulers is Ekbatana mint.&nbsp; Your listing correctly separates the Sellwood 56.6 and 56.13 with the latter having a &#039;fire altar&#039; behind the archer.&nbsp; Mine is a 56.13.&nbsp; Do you care about this sort of thing?&nbsp; There are many such distinctions in Parthian coinage. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1097459[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1097460[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1097461[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO your coins are worth every bit of what you paid.&nbsp; I was once really into Parthian but lost a lot of interest when the name changes started coming hot and heavy but I did not have access to the new works explaining the changes.&nbsp; I wasted money buying the Sunrise collection book in the hope it would have enough to make this clear.&nbsp; It did not.&nbsp; It is a catalog of a very nice collection of so many things that the ones that I found interesting were not well represented.&nbsp; It lacks coins we each have shown on this thread.&nbsp;&nbsp; Sellwood lacks photos.&nbsp; That is why I recommend using the online (free) resources.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another great site is the late Tom Mallon&#039;s coverage of Asian coins.</p><p><a href="http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/" rel="nofollow">http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/</a>&nbsp; I miss Tom a lot.</p><p>The Parthian section:</p><p><a href="http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/parthia/parthian.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/parthia/parthian.html" rel="nofollow">http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/parthia/parthian.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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