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Alex8502 New Member United Kingdom 16 Posts	Posted 04/26/2016 8:04 pm want to find out about the coins, maybe era or provenience or something * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/26/2016 8:58 pm Sorry to tell you that this is a modern copy of a coin of the Baktrian king Eukratides. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/26/2016 9:45 pm Is the other piece metal of glass? It looks like a glass piece and the image resembles the Parthian king Mithradates I. Is there anything on the reverse side? We have a expert here on this empire, hopefully he will be along soon. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 04/26/2016 11:41 pm Alex, that second one - which appears to be glass or plastic - shows a portrait of Mithradates II of Parthia, and looks to have been made from a mold taken from a drachm. Never seen anything like it. Pretty cool - but it's a safe bet that it's modern. Although the Parthians did produce decorative glass pieces, they never achieved anything close to the level of detail in glass portraiture that we see here. For comparison, here are two small glass works from Parthia, from about the time of Mithradates: http://www.parthia.com/art/glass/pdc_27506.htm http://www.parthia.com/art/glass/pdc_27507.htm Report this Post to the Staff
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