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THE PARTHIAN COINAGE.
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Varieties:—Drachms of all the above types appear with a multitude of monograms. Types of copper,
with obv. like Nos. 21-22, horse r., horse’s head r., stag r.; with obv. like No. 23, horse r., Nike r.; with
obv. like No. 24, bow in case, eagle r. holding wreath, horse’s head r.; with obv. like No. 25, star, anchor
and crescent, turreted head r., Nike r., helmeted head r., eagle r.; with obv. like No. 26, deer and eagle,
turreted head r., eagle on amphora and grapes, ox head and ear of barley ; with obv. like No. 27, crescent
and star, palm and anchor, castle, eagle r. (all B.M.).
I have seen a cliobol of this king, weight 17'4; obv., head of Orodes 1., on forehead wart, in
front palm ; rev. that of obols twice struck.
OllODES I. AND PaCOBUS.
Plate III. 29. Obv. Head of Orodes 1. diad., without wart, between star and crescent.
Rev. BASIAEQS BA^IAEQN APSAKOY d>IAEAAHNO£ KAI AP^AKOY nAKO-
POY. Arsaces seated r. ; behind, anchor, in front
Drachm. B.M. AVt. 61-3.
30. As last, wart on forehead.
Drachm. B.M. AVt. 61-6.
Pacobus I.
Plate IV. 1. Obv. Head of Pacorus 1. beardless, diad.; behind, Nike crowning it.
Rev. BA^IAEQS BASIAEQN AP<AKOY EYEPTETOY AIKAIOY EniTANOYS
0IAEAAHNOA Arsaces seated r.; behind, crescent, in front .
Drachm. B.M. AVt. 58-l.
2. Obv. As last.
Rev. Traces of same inscr. ? Head r. in pileus with short beard ; in front .
B.M. YE -35.
Of the earlier coinage of Orodes I have already spoken, and shown how I divide it from
the coins of his brother. The tetradrachm No. 15 belongs to a not uncommon class, which
have been given in turn to several Kings. But the portrait is exactly the same on this coin
as on the drachms and copper coins Nos. 16-19, even to the neck-ornament, which, as I have
above remarked, is distinctive of Orodes. The title KTLcrrrsi suits Orodes better than any of
the later Parthian Kings, for in his reign the Empire became consolidated, and put on a new
footing ; or, if the term be taken to mean only that the King founded a new city, who was
more likely to do this than Orodes ? Those tetradrachms which are usually given to Orodes
I shall show, in speaking os the coins of Tiridates II., to belong, beyond doubt, to that
monarch. After the middle of Orodes’ reign the legend of the Parthian drachms varies but
little. The number of mint-monograms increases largely in this reign, and a number of new
ones come in, most of which do not again appear. They may have belonged to places in
Asia Minor and Syria, both of which districts were overrun by the armies of Orodes. To
Asia Minor and Syria, as I conjecture, belong in a special degree the coins which bear the
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Varieties:—Drachms of all the above types appear with a multitude of monograms. Types of copper,
with obv. like Nos. 21-22, horse r., horse’s head r., stag r.; with obv. like No. 23, horse r., Nike r.; with
obv. like No. 24, bow in case, eagle r. holding wreath, horse’s head r.; with obv. like No. 25, star, anchor
and crescent, turreted head r., Nike r., helmeted head r., eagle r.; with obv. like No. 26, deer and eagle,
turreted head r., eagle on amphora and grapes, ox head and ear of barley ; with obv. like No. 27, crescent
and star, palm and anchor, castle, eagle r. (all B.M.).
I have seen a cliobol of this king, weight 17'4; obv., head of Orodes 1., on forehead wart, in
front palm ; rev. that of obols twice struck.
OllODES I. AND PaCOBUS.
Plate III. 29. Obv. Head of Orodes 1. diad., without wart, between star and crescent.
Rev. BASIAEQS BA^IAEQN APSAKOY d>IAEAAHNO£ KAI AP^AKOY nAKO-
POY. Arsaces seated r. ; behind, anchor, in front
Drachm. B.M. AVt. 61-3.
30. As last, wart on forehead.
Drachm. B.M. AVt. 61-6.
Pacobus I.
Plate IV. 1. Obv. Head of Pacorus 1. beardless, diad.; behind, Nike crowning it.
Rev. BA^IAEQS BASIAEQN AP<AKOY EYEPTETOY AIKAIOY EniTANOYS
0IAEAAHNOA Arsaces seated r.; behind, crescent, in front .
Drachm. B.M. AVt. 58-l.
2. Obv. As last.
Rev. Traces of same inscr. ? Head r. in pileus with short beard ; in front .
B.M. YE -35.
Of the earlier coinage of Orodes I have already spoken, and shown how I divide it from
the coins of his brother. The tetradrachm No. 15 belongs to a not uncommon class, which
have been given in turn to several Kings. But the portrait is exactly the same on this coin
as on the drachms and copper coins Nos. 16-19, even to the neck-ornament, which, as I have
above remarked, is distinctive of Orodes. The title KTLcrrrsi suits Orodes better than any of
the later Parthian Kings, for in his reign the Empire became consolidated, and put on a new
footing ; or, if the term be taken to mean only that the King founded a new city, who was
more likely to do this than Orodes ? Those tetradrachms which are usually given to Orodes
I shall show, in speaking os the coins of Tiridates II., to belong, beyond doubt, to that
monarch. After the middle of Orodes’ reign the legend of the Parthian drachms varies but
little. The number of mint-monograms increases largely in this reign, and a number of new
ones come in, most of which do not again appear. They may have belonged to places in
Asia Minor and Syria, both of which districts were overrun by the armies of Orodes. To
Asia Minor and Syria, as I conjecture, belong in a special degree the coins which bear the
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