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They are all very nice coins with outstanding provenance. Congrats, an excellent addition to any collection.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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You say they aren't very pretty...I think they are wonderful coins without such great provenance....and with, well..
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Excellent selection of coins.
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Beautiful coins that I'd be proud to own. Nice one, Bob!
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I have Sellwood's book on Parthian coins. I treasure it more than I do the coins! I have seen lots of Parthian coins over the years, but I have seen only one copy of the definitive book on the subject. I consider myself most fortunate for this reason. It must be a collectors piece in it's own right.
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Thanks, all, for the nice comments.
Sel_69l: yes, Sellwood's "An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia" is invaluable and fairly hard to come by - and when it's available for purchase, it doesn't come cheap. The 1980 second edition was indispensable for collectors of the series for years, although those collectors have a few more options for attribution assistance these days (Fred Shore's book, Parthia.com, etc.). Dr. G.R.F. Assar, the world's foremost authority on the series since Sellwood's death, said a few years ago that he would work to complete the third edition that Sellwood had been working on when he died. But we'll see...with the nine-volume "Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum" underway, which promises to be the definitive word on the subject, I'm not so sure if he'll really feel compelled to follow through...but I hope he does. At $200 per volume, the SNP will be beyond most collector's means, and I suspect that most of those folks just want help identifying the coins - they may be less interested in the typological details, stylistic analysis, die linkage, etc., that are covered.
In the meantime Assar has been re-attributing many of the coins in various articles for the past fifteen years, and some of those articles are available on-line.
Thanks again.
Bob
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11/28/2014 09:02 am
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As an avid collector of eastern coins, all I can say is I am jelous of BobL. Great score. Like a vulture I will be flying around the Bob L collection in the distant future.
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They all look fanststic, congrats BobL!
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Thanks, Doucet. Pish, the other new ones are now uploaded (you had asked about this). If interested, they can be seen on the front page here: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ga...hp?cat=16274Older stuff can be seen in the four folders at the top of that page. Thanks for the interest. Bob |
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An absolutely wonderful collection, Bob. I have long thought that the Parthian silvers are amongst the most attractive of ancients.....a balance of East and West.
I have had my eyes open for a reasonable Parthian tetradrachm to add to my eclectic ancients collection for some time. Seeing your great display has renewed my desire to acquire one....
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Thank you, Valecrucis. Yes, it's a fun and rewarding collecting area. Sold off my Romans and Greeks some years back to focus on Parthian AR's, and have never regretted it. I do hope you add a Parthian tet soon! Good luck in the hunt.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not a collector of Parthians but interesting collection you have there.
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Excellent display on forvmancientcoins.
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