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Help identifying ancient coin | Parthian drachm, c. 80 BC
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vanyelmoon
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Hello,

I have been collecting coins since I was about eight years old. I always just bought what I thought appealing. In my collection I have this ancient coin, which I believe is Persian. If anyone can help identify it, I will be most grateful. Thank you in advance for any help provided.





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Hello, vanyelmoon, and welcome!

You pictures don't seem to want to reveal themselves (at least to me).
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Sorry about that. I am new to the forum and keep having problems posting pictures. Here are the photobucket links:

http://s1148.photobucket.com/albums...persian1.jpg

http://s1148.photobucket.com/albums...persian2.jpg
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Thank you for your help, Apollo
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i think its Parthians coins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthia
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Yep, it's definitely a Parthian silver coin, a drachm judging by the strange shape. To confirm the denomination, can you tell us the size and weight?

Grifterrec has some excellent summary pages on Parthian coins. On the basis of the portrait, I think it might be a coin of "the unknown king II", circa 81-70 BC. See This page on Parthia.com for more examples.
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Thanks for the identification. The measurements are 26mm by 16mm as it is oblong. I just ordered a scale and when I am able to weigh the coin I will update the thread. After looking at the pictures I agree with the "Unknown King." Thank you very much everyone! javascript:insertsmilie('')
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Hi! I just wanted to update with the weight of the coin as I got my scale(finally!). It weighs 3.8g.
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Sorry for being slack in verifying this one. Yes, at that size and weight, it's a drachm.

Now it's identified properly, I'll be moving it to the Ancients forum.
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