Hello Parthians, I am returning to my Parthia coin collection after ignoring it for a couple of decades. I have drachm that is causing me grief to identify. Originally I pegged this as Orodes I (Sellw

Dear List members, I just noticed there is a hardcover SNP volume 7 available on Amazon.com at USD $136.10. Volume 7 covers Vologases I to Pacorus II. There are other ‘paperback’ editions listed at $3

List members might be interested in this talk, by one of the authors of the newly published book on Mithradates II’s coinage. Best, Agnes From: Rivanne Sandler [mailto:director@...] Sent: Tuesday, Nov

Dear Steve, My apologies! I replied to a message from eeforum@... that had the ‘Please remove me from your list’. Apparently I replied to the entire Parthia-L Group by mistake; but strangely I cannot

Dear List members, I just noted that 22 of the plate coins from our late friend Anne van’t Haaff’s Catalogue of Persis Coinage, ca. 280 B.C.-A.D. 228 are available in the Heritage Auctions Europe, Ses

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Dear List Members, It is my pleasure to announce publication of Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum, Volume 2, Mithradates II. “The second volume of Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum examines the history and cult

The site is located 10km to Farooj: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Farooj,+North+Khorasan+Province/@37.1863454,57.5359474,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x3f71c5a45f1234c1:0x551ee4ed6fcf5ee9!8m2!3d37.0

Dear List Members: The review of an interesting new offering. The book is priced at US $160, but a less expensive eBook is available. Book Review: Rome, Parthia, and the Politics of Peace: The Origins

Thanks for sending this interesting information. This site seems to be quite close to the supposed location of Arshak (Asaak), right? Although this isn’t mentioned in the article, as far as I can see.

A new article of interest from the Tehran Times. Ramparts of ancient fort unearthed in northeast Iran “The right-angled towers with bricks measuring 42 by 42 cm with a thickness of 10 to 12 cm along w

Hi all Does anyone have a high quality image of Abdagases II gold coin? Or at least any other coin image from the king? Frantz GRENET et Osmund BOPEARACHCHI. 1996. Une monnaie en or du souverain indo-

For those who don’t have one, David Sellwood’s An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia. 2nd edition, London 1980, is up for auction starting bid 40.00 €. Visit https://www.kuenker.de/en/auktionen/st

Dear Chris and listmembers, Parthia.com has a table of attributions: http://www.parthia.com/parthia_corr.htm Parthamaspates has an interesting story and Sellwood attributes Sellwood 81 to him. I have

I just noticed that a recently sold Q. Labienus denarius has reappeared for sale at Maison Palombo 19 (12 Dec 2020), lot 79. This coin is number S54 on my list of all the known (to me, at least) Labie

Hi I want to inform you that Sellwoods book: Introduction to the coinage of Parthia, 2. edition 1980, is offered in an auction (No. 152): Künker: https://www.kuenker.de/de/auktionen/auktions-uebersich

https://www.academia.edu/44052151/Final_Report_of_the_Newly_Discovered_Pahlavi_Inscription_in_Darv%C4%81_Village_Zarindasht_D%C4%81r%C4%81b_

September 1st, 2020. From today the Catalogue of Persis Coinage, Ca. 280 B.C. – A.D. 228 (Lancaster: CNG, 2020) is freely available in digital format. The book is subtitled “34 Kings of 5 dynasties th

Dear Chris, Thank you very much for pointing that out. I downloaded it easily. The photos are excellent and it looks like it will be easy to use. -- Warren

I am receiving multiple copies of recent messages. They are filling my inbox! Is anyone else experiencing this? If yes, please let me know. If you want to reply off-list, send to chris@... Cheers, Chr