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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3122000, member: 74834&quot;]Here are some of the nicest AE Parthians that I have. </p><p><br /></p><p>A bronze of Phriapatius (185-170); AE chalkous, Hekatompylos mint. Obv. Head left with bashlyk. Rev. Horse prancing right under text. 18 mm, 2.1 gr. 12h. Sellwood 8.2 (Mithradates I); Sunrise 249; Shore 22. VF, glossy black patina, hint of deposits, some smoothing in fields. It was not cheap at a CNG auction. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]794580[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Underneath, this is Phraates II, with his short beard. Nice proudly trotting horse! Somehow most of the lettering has gone. But the coin is better than on my photograph. </p><p>Phraates II (138-127), AE chalkous. Obv. Bearded portrait with diademe to the left Rev. Horse to the right. Sellwood 16.30.&nbsp; 13 mm, 1.35 gr. I couldn&#039;t identify the monogram behind the horse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]794582[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The third coin is very sharp and clear, whereas often these chalkoi are worn. An unusual tiny coin I think, with its female portrait on the reverse. </p><p>Osroes I (109-129). AE chalkous. Obv. King with pointed beard to the left. Rev. Tyche to the right, year ZKY = 427 (=AD 115). 11 mm, 1.55 gr. Sellwood 80.20. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]794583[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This last one is a tiny coin of Vologases VI, the last Parthian king, who was vanquished by Ardashir I the Sasanian in the early third century. </p><p>I bought it on Ebay some years ago from a venerable Oriental collector, but it was sold in a lot of the Triton VII auction (2004) and was formerly in the Bellaria collection. I didn&#039;t know at the time, but it&#039;s <a href="http://www.parthia.com/pdc_triton7_5.htm#Parthia5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.parthia.com/pdc_triton7_5.htm#Parthia5" rel="nofollow">on this page</a> (full of remarkable Parthians) as nr. 21896. (Thanks, Bob L., for that information, that gave my collection of Parthians quite a boost!)</p><p>AE chalkous. Obv: Bust with long beard in tiara with long earflaps. At the back of the head, loop ending in two pendulous ends. Rev.: eagle looking to left with spread wings, wreath in beak. Excentrical, higher space empty. 10 x 11 mm, 0,87 gr. Sellwood 88.29.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]794579[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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