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My first Parthian coin!

WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,149 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited September 9, 2024 4:29PM in World & Ancient Coins Forum
I bought my first Parthian coin!

I believe this Parthian coin to be king Orodes I, Sellwood catalog number 31.
(David Sellwood's An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia, London: Spink, 1980)

It has the seven-line Greek legend, two lines on top, left, bottom, one line right.

I used the Parthia.Com website to get my identification.

The Greek legend is hard to read, but I think I found a match for it as Sellwood legend Orodes I 31i.

Coin:
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"[Of the] Great King, Arsaces, the Autocrat, the Father-loving, the Noble, the Greek-loving"

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    Young Numismatist ............................ and growing!
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,571 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've never had any Parthian coins. Congrats.

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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,149 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 9, 2024 4:30PM
    My second Parthian coin!

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    Parthia Drachm Artabanus II Sellwood 63 (AD 10-38)
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  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    Nice coins. I wish I knew enough about them to congratulate you intelligently.

    About the only greek coin I would want right now would be concerning Lionides, (thanks to the movie 300).
    One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
    is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato
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