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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 4609359, member: 110226&quot;]Well, here we go again.&nbsp; You&#039;re probably wondering how much mileage can be had with one coin that has been posted before, but this is a &quot;victory&quot; coin in its own right.</p><p><br /></p><p>The victory theme is on the reverse, with King enthroned right, before him, Tyche kneeling left with sceptre in left hand, extending to king her right hand in submission.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse refers to Parthian King Orodes&#039; victory over his brother Mithradates IV at Seleucia on the Tigris in 55/4 BC, at the end of the Arsacid fraternal wars</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was struck over another coin, probably that of Mithradates IV.&nbsp; Some legend of the original coin is visible on the reverse, but I am still trying to decipher it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1141699[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think I squeezed about as much blood out of this turnip as humanly possible!</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the repetition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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