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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 2188722, member: 5682&quot;]What a beautiful coin and great write-up.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, let&#039;s not be unfair to Julius Caesar. He was assassinated in Rome while preparing for his initial invasion against the Parthians.</p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting coin that would complement yours is the Parthian Musa coin. (Not my coin. I was easily out-bid.):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]424951[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424952[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;Musa was a beautiful slave girl presented by Caesar Augustus to King Phraates IV in exchange for the Parthians returning the Roman standards lost at Carrhae. She quickly became Phraates&#039; favorite wife and, after bearing a son to him, she arranged for his murder and the succession of their son, Phraataces. Following Magian custom, she married her own son and ruled for several years as the power behind the throne. But having a female ruler, and a foreigner at that, proved unacceptable to the Parthian aristocracy and in AD 4 Musa and her son were overthrown and replaced by Orodes III. &quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>A good review of the Parthian-Roman Wars:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=war_roman_parthian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=war_roman_parthian" rel="nofollow">http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=war_roman_parthian</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Good stuff. Thank you.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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