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Message:: [QUOTE="Eduard, post: 2674339, member: 8959"]I recently, just in the last few days, had the opportunity to visit with a gentleman who is slowly dissolving his collection after more 40 years of study. Besides his numismatic interests, he is also a true scholar, deeply involved with ancient history and manuscripts and books related to both Greek and Roman history.He was also involved in the archeological excavation and evaluation of Roman settlements around his home town and currently works in a museum cataloguing their manuscripts collection. This was truly a visit to the past, and a great experience for me! He was agreeable to let me acquire some of his remaining coins, as we sat and discussed his collection assembled since the 1960's. This is one of the coins I acquired from him, a sestertius of Trajan commemorating the appointment of Parthamaspates to King of the Parthians by Trajan during his campaign in the east circa 115-116.  I fell in love with the patina on this coin which my picture fails to capture fully. It is a beautiful hard, turquoise green. Trajan. AD 98-117. Æ Sestertius. Rome mint. Struck AD 116-117.Obv: Laureate and draped bust right / (REX PARTHIS) DATVS.Rev: Trajan seated left on daïs, presenting Parthamaspates to Parthia kneeling right; behind Trajan, prefect standing left.RIC II 667 [ATTACH=full]596195[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]596196[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]