What Is It And What References?

[Rob]

Hi All.

Does anyone have any ancients literature to provide a reference for this Parthian piece. I think maybe Mithradates, but will happily bow to superior knowledge. Thanks.

[Peter]

Rob

That is a typical coin if you threw on Coincommunity you would get a response.

Edited January 30, 2014 by Peter

[Rob]

Rob

That is a typical coin if you threw on Coincommunity you would get a response.

Looking at CCF, I doubt whether it would get past the site censors considering it would be a new member posting an image of something that looks like a knobhead. What a crazy list of things you can't do. Can't contact people, can't post images as a new member, can't link to sites (which b****rs up any link to photobucket), can't advertise things for sale. The coin looks above average for what is normally posted, so presumably you would get busted for that too. What constitutes a 'quality post'? What a waste of space. It just reinforces the opinions of people on here that this is one of the better forums on the web - now, if someone would answer the original question............

Oh, and Peter. The comment you made about the 1925 halfcrowns. It wasn't a few hundred, but 4011 of them in 11 lots in the Noble sale. Rare not, not even scarce in that grade.

Edited February 4, 2014 by Rob

[TomGoodheart]

I have no reference material for such things Rob. But I posted it to Coin Community for you. I'll let you know what replies, if any, I get in due course.

[Rob]

Thanks Richard

[Peckris]

Oh, and Peter. The comment you made about the 1925 halfcrowns. It wasn't a few hundred, but 4011 of them in 11 lots in the Noble sale. Rare not, not even scarce in that grade.

What are we talking - "average from circulation, i.e. Fair/Fine"?

[Rob]

Oh, and Peter. The comment you made about the 1925 halfcrowns. It wasn't a few hundred, but 4011 of them in 11 lots in the Noble sale. Rare not, not even scarce in that grade.

What are we talking - "average from circulation, i.e. Fair/Fine"?

Yep. One single lot of one ok coin, plus 4010 in 10 lots of pure sh**e.

[Rob]

To get back to the original post, I see that Richard posted it on CCF in the unknown section - having returned for an update it is no longer there. Why remove a valid question, or is the obverse considered overly pornographic? Do they have an aversion to awkward questions such as 'what is it?'

[davidrj]

To get back to the original post, I see that Richard posted it on CCF in the unknown section - having returned for an update it is no longer there. Why remove a valid question, or is the obverse considered overly pornographic? Do they have an aversion to awkward questions such as 'what is it?'

Works for me Link moderators have moved if from the general identification forum to the ancients forum

[Rob]

Thanks David. Similar but not the same. Different writing on the reverse and the portrait is quite different even though similar in style. We're in the right ballpark.

[TomGoodheart]

Did you see this link that was posted on that thread Rob?

http://www.parthia.com/parthia_inscriptions.htm

[Rob]

Did you see this link that was posted on that thread Rob?

http://www.parthia.com/parthia_inscriptions.htm

Thanks Richard

[TomGoodheart]

Appears the resident expert agrees with an earlier poster that it is Gotarzes I 87-79 BC.

"Reminds me mostly of my own example of Gotarzes I, Arsacid king of Iran, 87-79 B.C.

3.99 g, 23 mm, Ecbatana, Sellwood 29.1"

Edited February 6, 2014 by TomGoodheart

[Rob]

Thanks Richard