Parthia

The below is a brief survey; for a much more extensive bibliography, please see: Parthia.com Annotated Bibliography, by Chris Hopkins.

Abgarians/Sellwood 1971 = M. T. Abgarians and D. G. Sellwood, 'A Hoard of Early Parthian Drachms,' Numismatic Chronicle - Seventh Series, Volume XI, The Royal Numismatic Society, London (1971)
Alram IP = Michael Alram, Iranisches Personennamenbuch: Nomina Propria Iranica In Nummis, Osterreichischen Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Wien (1986)
Alram 1987 = Michael Alram, 'Die Vorbildwirkung Der Arsakidischen Munzpragung,' Litterae Numismaticae Vindobonenses 3, Osterreichischen Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Wien (1987)
Alram 1998 = Michael Alram, 'Stand Und Aufgaben Der Arsakidischen Numismatik,' Das Partherreich Und Seine Zeugnisse, Franz Steiner, Stuttgart (1998)
Alram 1999 = Michael Alram, 'The Beginning of Sasanian Coinage,' Bulletin of the Asia Institute, Volume 13, Asia Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI (1999)
Al-Salihi 1987 = Wathiq I. Al-Salihi, 'The Weary Hercules of Mesene,' Mesopotamia XXII, Universita di Torino, Firenze (1987)
Arnaud 1987 = P. Arnaud, 'Les Guerres des Parthes et de L'Armenie Dans la Premiere Moitie du Premirer Siecle av. n.e.: Problems de Chronologie et D'Extension Territoriale (95 BC - 70 BC),' Mesopotamia XXII, Universita di Torino, Firenze (1987)
Assar 1990 = G. R. Assar, 'Some New Coins of Vologases V,' Numismatic Circular, XCVIII #10 Spink, London (1990) [note: these are all Bulletin On Counterfeits No. 19 forgeries]
Assar 2000 = G. R. F. Assar, 'Recent Studies in Parthian History: Part I,' The Celator, Vol. 14, No. 12, Lancaster, PA (December 2000)
Assar 2001/1 = G. R. F. Assar, 'Recent Studies in Parthian History: Part II,' The Celator, Vol. 15, No. 1, Lancaster, PA (January 2001)
Assar 2001/2 = G. R. F. Assar, 'Recent Studies in Parthian History: Part III,' The Celator, Vol. 15, No. 2, Lancaster, PA (February 2001)
Assar 2003 = G. R. F. Assar, 'Parthian Calendars at Babylon and Seleucia on the Tigris,' Iran, Volume XLI, British Institute of Persian Studies, London (2003)
Bickerman 1943 = Elias J. Bickerman, 'Notes On Seleucid and Parthian Chronology,' Berytus 1943, American University of Beirut, Beirut (1943)
Bigwood 2008 = J.M. Bigwood, 'Some Parthian Queens In Greek and Babylonian Documents,' Iranica Antiqua, Volume XLIII, Gent (2008)
Bivar 1981 = A. D. H. Bivar, 'Gondophares and the Shanama,' Iranica Antiqua, Volume XVI, Gent (1981)
BOC 1994/95 = IBSCC/IAPN, 'Forgeries and Inventions of Parthian Coins,' Bulletin On Counterfeits, Volume 19, Number 2, Zurich (1995). Online at: BOC 1994/95
Boyce 1994 = M. Boyce, 'The Sedentary Arsacids,' Iranica Antiqua, Volume XXIX, Gent (1994)
Brindley 1976 = James C. Brindley, 'The Organization of the Parthian Bronze Coinage,' Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Numismatics - September 1973, Association Internationale des Numismates Professionnels, Paris (1976)
Caley 1955 = Earle R. Caley, 'Chemical Composition of Parthian Coins,' Numismatic Notes and Monographs, No. 129, American Numismatic Society, New York (1955)
Callatay 1994 = Francois de Callatay, 'Les Tetradrachmes D'Orodes II et de Phraate IV,' Studia Iranica, Cahier 14, Association Pour L'Avancement des Etudes Iraniennes, Paris (1994)
Callatay 1996 = Francois de Callatay, 'Abdissares L'Adiabenien,' IRAQ, Volume LVIII, British School of Archaeology In Iraq, London (1996)
Chaumont 1990 = M. L. Chaumont, 'A Propos Des Premieres Interventions Parthes En Armenie et des Circonstances de L'Avenement de Tigrane Le Grand' From Alexander the Great to Kul Tegin, Akademiai Kiadi, Budapest (1990)
Choksy 2007 = J.K. Choksy, 'Reassessing the Material Contents of Ritual Fires In Ancient Iran' Iranica Antiqua, Volume XLII, Gent (2007)
Colledge 1987 = M. Colledge, 'Parthian Cultural Elements At Roman Palmyra,' Mesopotamia XXII, Universita di Torino, Firenze (1987)
Curiel/Schlumberger 1953 = Raoul Curiel and Daniel Schlumberger, Tresors Monetaires D'Afghanistan, Memoires De La Delegation Archeologique Francaise En Afghanistan, Paris (1953)
Curtis 1998 = Vesta S. Curtis, 'The Parthian Costume and Headdress,' Das Partherreich und Seine Zeugnisse, Historia 122 Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart (1998)
Dabrowa 1998 = Edward Dabrowa, 'Zeugnisse Zur Geschichte Der Parthischen Susiane Und Elymais,' Das Partherreich Und Seine Zeugnisse, Franz Steiner, Stuttgart (1998)
DeBevoise 1934 = Neilson C. DeBevoise, 'The Essential Characteristics of Parthian and Sasanian Glyptic Art,' Berytus 1934, American University of Beirut, Beirut (1934). Online at: Berytus 1934
Dilmaghani 1986 = J. Dilmaghani, 'Parthian Coins From Mithradates II To Orodes II,' The Numismatic Chronicle, Volume 146, Royal Numismatic Society, London (1986)
Dobbins 1975 = K. Walton Dobbins, 'The Successors of Mithradates II of Parthia,' Numismatic Chronicle - Seventh Series, Volume XV, The Royal Numismatic Society, London (1975)
Drijvers 1998 = Jan Willem Drijvers, 'Strabo On Parthia and the Parthians,' Das Partherreich und Seine Zeugnisse, Historia 122 Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart (1998)
EM MacDowall = Amal Kumar Jha and Sanjay Garg, Editors, Ex Moneta: Essays on Numismatics, History and Archaeology in honour of Dr. David W. MacDowall (Volume 1), Harman Publishing House, New Delhi (1998)
Galle 1982 = Sigmund A. S. Galle, 'Une Drachme Inconnue D'Arsace I et le Probleme des Monogrames,' Iranica Antiqua, Volume XVII, Gent (1982)
Galle 1984 = Sigmund A. S. Galle, 'Quelques Remarques Sur la Debut Du Monnayage Arsacide,' Revue Belge de Numismatique, Societe Royale de Numismatique de Belgique, Bruxelles (1984)
Gardiner-Garden 1987 = John R. Gardiner-Garden, Apollodoros of Artemita and the Central Asian Skythians, Papers On Inner Asia, Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, Bloomington (1987)
Gardner 1877 = Percy Gardner, The Coinage of Parthia, Malter-Westerfield Publishing Co., San Diego (1968 (1877))
Gariboldi 2004 = Andrea Gariboldi, 'Astral Symbology On Iranian Coinage,' East and West, Vol. 54 - Nos. 1-4, Istituto Italiano Per L'Africa E L'Oriente (2004)
Gawlikowski 1987 = M. Gawlikowski, 'Some Directions and Perspectives of Research: Graeco-Roman Syria,' Mesopotamia XXII, Universita di Torino, Firenze (1987)
Goldman 1978 = Bernard Goldman, 'Parthians at Gandhara,' East and West, New Series, Vol. 28 - Nos. 1-4, Istituto Italiano Per Il Medio Ed Estreme Oriente (1978)
Gonnella 2001 = Robert Gonnella, 'New Evidence for Dating the Reign of Vonones I,' Numismatic Chronicle, Volume 161, The Royal Numismatic Society, London (2001)
Gordus 1974 = Adon A. Gordus, 'Non-Destructive Analysis of Parthian, Sasanian, and Umayyad Silver Coins,' Near Eastern Numismatics, Iconography, Epigraphy and History - Studies in Honor of George C. Miles, American University of Beirut (1974)
Grenet/Bopearachchi 1996 = Frantz Grenet and Osmund Bopearachchi, 'Une Monnaie En Or Du Souverain Indo-Parthe Abdagases II,' Studia Iranica 25, (1996)
Grenet/Bopearachchi 1999 = Frantz Grenet and Osmund Bopearachchi, 'Une Nouvelle Monnaie En Or D'Abdagases II,' Studia Iranica 28, (1999)
Gubaev, Loginov, Nikitin 1993 = A. G. Gubaev, S. D. Loginov and A. B. Nikitin, 'Coin Finds from the Excavations of Ak-depe by the Station of Artyk,' Iran, Volume XXXI, British Institute of Persian Studies, London (1993)
Haerinck 2003 = Ernie Haerinck, 'Again on Tang-i Sarvak II, NE Side: Goddesses Do Not Have Moustaches and Do Not Wear Trousers,' Iranica Antiqua, Volume XXXVIII, Gent (2003)
Hansman 1967 = John Hansman, 'Charax and the Karkheh,' Iranica Antiqua, Volume VII, Gent (1967)
Hansman 1990 = John Hansman, 'Coins and Mints of Ancient Elymais,' Iran, The British Institute of Persian Studies, London (1990)
Harmatta 1981 = Janos Harmatta, 'Parthia and Elymais In the 2nd Century BC,' Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Tomus XXIX Akademiai Kiado, Budapest (1981)
Harper 1987 = P. O. Harper, 'Parthian and Sasanian Silverware: Questions of Continuity and Innovation,' Mesopotamia XXII, Universita di Torino, Firenze (1987)
Invernizzi 1998 = Antonio Invernizzi, 'Elymaeans, Seleucids, and the Hung-E Azhdar Relief,' Mesopotamia, Volume XXXIII, Universita Di Torino, Casa Editrice Le Lettere, Firenze (1998)
Kawami 1987 = Trudy S. Kawami, Monumental Art of the Parthian Period In Iran, Acta Iranica, Volume XIII E. J. Brill, Leiden (1987)
Keall 1994 = E. J. Keall, 'How Many Kings Did the Parthian King of Kings Rule?,' Iranica Antiqua, Volume XXIX, Gent (1994)
Koch = Heidemarie Koch, A Hoard of Coins from Eastern Parthia, J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu (1990)
Koshelenko 1982 = G. A Koshelenko, 'La Genealogia Dei Primi Arsacidi (Ancora Sull'Ostrakon Di Nisa N. 1760),' Mesopotamia XVII, Universita di Torino, Firenze (1982)
Koshelenko/Sarianidi 1992 = G. Koshelenko and V. I. Sarianidi, 'Les Monnaies de la Necropole de Tillia-Tepe (Afghanistan),' Studia Iranica 21 (1992)
Koshelenko/Bader/Gaibov 1995 = G. Koshelenko, A. Bader and V. Gaibov, 'The Beginnings of Christianity In Merv,' Iranica Antiqua, Volume XXX, Gent (1995)
Le Rider 1965 = Georges Le Rider, Suse Sous les Seleucides et les Parthes. Les Trouvailles Monetaires et L'Histoire de la Ville, Libraire Orientaliste P. Geuthner, Paris (1967)
Le Rider 1967 = Georges Le Rider, 'Un Tresor De Petites Monnaies De Bronze Trouve A Ninive,' Iranica Antiqua, Volume VII, Gent (1967)
Lerner 1999 = Jeffrey D. Lerner, The Impact of Seleucid Decline on the Eastern Iranian Plateau: The Foundations of Arsacid Parthia and Graeco-Bactria, Franz Steiner, Stuttgart (1999)
Loginov/Nikitin 1996 = S. D. Loginov and A. B. Nikitin, 'Parthian Coins from Margiana: Numismatics and History,' Bulletin of the Asia Institute, Volume 10, Asia Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI (1996)
McEwan 1986 = G. J. P. McEwan, 'A Parthian Campaign Against Elymais In 77 BC,' Iran, Volume XXIV, The British Institute of Persian Studies, London (1986)
Miles 1938 = George C. Miles, The Numismatic History of Rayy, Numismatic Studies, No. 2, American Numismatic Society, New York (1938)
Millar 1998 = Fergus Millar, 'Dura-Europos Under Parthian Rule,' Das Partherreich und Seine Zeugnisse, Historia 122 Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart (1998)
Mitchiner ACW = Michael Mitchiner, Oriental Coins, the Ancient and Classical World, Hawkins Publications, London (1978)
Moneta 17 = K. Mousheghian, A. Mousheghian, G. Depeyrot, History and Coin Finds In Armenia: Antiquity, Collection Moneta 17, Moneta, Wetteren (2000)
Mørkholm 1980 = Otto Mørkholm, 'The Parthian Coinage of Seleucia on the Tigris, c. 90-55 BC,' Numismatic Chronicle - Seventh Series, Volume XX, The Royal Numismatic Society, London (1980)
de Morgan MNO = Jacques de Morgan, Manuel de Numismatique Orientale de L'Antiquite et du Moyen Age, Obol International, Chicago (1979 (1923))
Newell 1937 = Edward T. Newell, Royal Greek Portrait Coins, Wayte Raymond/Whitman Publishing, Racine (1937)
Nikitin 1998 = A. B. Nikitin, 'Early Parthian Coins from Margiana', The Art and Archaeology of Ancient Persia - New Light on the Parthian and Sasanian Empires, I. B. Taurus, London (1998)
Nikonorov 1998 = Valerii P. Nikonorov, 'Apollodorus of Artemita and the Date of His Parthica Revisted,' Electrum, Volume 2 Krakow (1998)
Osprey MAA 175 = Peter Wilcox and Angus McBride, Rome's Enemies III: Parthians and Sassanid Persians, Osprey Military, Men-At-Arms Series #175, London (1986)
Pasmans 2005 = Patrick Pasmans, 'De Munten van de Parthische Koningin Musa,' De Muntklapper 45, Europees Genootschap voor Munt-en Penningkunde, Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Belgium (2005)
Pennacchietti 1987 = F. A. Pennacchietti, 'L'Iscrizione Bilingue Greco-Partica dell'Eracle di Seleucia,' Mesopotamia XXII, Universita di Torino, Firenze (1987)
Posch 1998 = Walter Posch, 'Chinese Quellen Zu Den Parthern,' Das Partherreich Und Seine Zeugnisse, Franz Steiner, Stuttgart (1998)
Potts 1999 = Daniel T. Potts, The Archaeology of Elam - Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1999)
Potts 2002 = Daniel T. Potts, 'Five Episodes In the History of Elymais, 145-124 BC: New Data from the Astronomical Diaries,' Iran - Questions et Connaissances, Vol. I: La Periode Ancienne, Studia Iranica, Cahier 25, Association Pour L'Advancement des Etudes Iraniennes, Paris (2002)
Potts 2007 = D.T. Potts, 'Foundation Houses, Fire Altars, and the Frataraka: Interpreting the Iconography of Some Post-Achaemenid Persian Coins,' Iranica Antiqua, Volume XLII, Gent (2007)
Rajak 1998 = Tessa Rajak, 'The Parthians In Josephus,' Das Partherreich und Seine Zeugnisse, Historia 122 Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart (1998)
Schultz 1982 = Sabine Schultz, 'Ein Fund Parthischer Tetradrachmen Aus Der Zeit Des Phraates IV,' Forschungen und Berichte, Band 22, Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin, Akademie Verlag, Berlin (1982)
Sellwood ICPv1 = David Sellwood, An Introduction To The Coinage Of Parthia, Spink and Son, London (1971)
Sellwood ICPv2 = David Sellwood, An Introduction To The Coinage Of Parthia, Spink and Son, London (1980)
Sellwood 1962 = D. G. Sellwood, 'The Parthian Coins of Gotarzes I, Orodes I, and Sinatruces' Numismatic Chronicle - Seventh Series, Volume II, The Royal Numismatic Society, London (1962)
Sellwood 1965 = D. G. Sellwood, 'Wroth's Unknown Parthian King,' Numismatic Chronicle - Seventh Series, Volume V, The Royal Numismatic Society, London (1965)
Sellwood 1967 = D. G. Sellwood, 'A Die-Engraver Sequence For Later Parthian Drachms,' Numismatic Chronicle - Seventh Series, Volume VII, The Royal Numismatic Society, London (1967)
Sellwood 1971 = David Sellwood, 'Some Politic Alterations in the Parthian Series,' Mints, Dies and Currency: Essays Dedicated to the Memory of Albert Baldwin, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London (1971)
Sellwood 1989 = David Sellwood, 'New Parthian Coin Types,' Numismatic Chronicle, Volume 149, Royal Numismatic Society, London (1989)
Sellwood 1993 = David Sellwood, 'Parthian Mint Operations,' Essays In Honour of Robert Carson and Kenneth Jenkins, Spink, London (1993)
Sellwood 1995 = David Sellwood, 'The 'Victory' Drachms of Phraates IV,' American Journal of Numismatics, 7-8, New York (1995/6)
Sellwood 1998/1 = David G.Sellwood, 'Parthians and Scythians,' Ex Moneta: Essays on Numismatics, History and Archaeology in honour of Dr. David W. MacDowall (Volume 1), Harman Publishing House, New Delhi (1998)
Sellwood 1998/2 = David Sellwood, 'A Die Count For A Group of Parthian Drachms,' Studies In Greek Numismatics In Memory of Martin Jessop Price, Spink, London (1998)
Sellwood/Simonetta, A. 2006 = David Sellwood and Alberto M. Simonetta, 'Notes On the Coinage and History of the Arsacids From the Advent Of Orodes II To the End of the Reign of Phraates IV,' Numismatica E Antichita Classiche XXXV, Quaderni Ticinesi (2006)
Senior 1996/6 = Robert C. Senior, 'Parthian Die Engravers,' ONS Newsletter No. 149, Oriental Numismatic Society (1996)
Seyrig 1955 = H. Seyrig, 'Tresor Monetaire de Nisibe,' Revue Numismatique, Paris (1955)
Shanghai Museum 2006 = Shanghai Museum's Collection of Ancient Coins from the Silk Road, Shanghai Museum (2006)
Sherozia/Doyen 2007 = Medea Sherozia and Jean-Marc Doyen, Les Monnaies Parthes du Musee de Tbilissi (Georgie), Moneta 62, Wetteren, Belgium (2007)
Shore = Fred B. Shore, Parthian Coins & History - Ten Dragons Against Rome, Classical Numismatic Group, Pennsylvania (1993)
Simonetta, A. 1966 = Alberto M. Simonetta, 'Some Remarks on the Arsacid Coinage of the Period 90-57 BC,' Numismatic Chronicle - Seventh Series, Volume VI, The Royal Numismatic Society, London (1966)
Simonetta, A. 2001 = Alberto M. Simonetta, 'A Proposed Revision of the Attributions of the Parthian Coins Struck During the So-Called 'Dark Age' and Its Historical Significance,' East and West, Vol. 51 - Nos. 1-2, Istituto Italiano Per Il Medio Ed Estreme Oriente (2001)
Simonetta, A. 2007 = Alberto M. Simonetta, 'Overstrikes, Mules, Modified Dies and Retouched Coins In the Arsacid Coinage: A Discussion of Their Significance,' Parthica 8, Istituti Editoriali E Poligrafici Internazionali, Pisa/Rome (2007)
Simonetta, B. 1978 = B. Simonetta, 'On Some Tetradrachms of Orodes II and the Probable Issues of Pacorus I,' Numismatic Chronicle, Seventh Series, Volume XVIII (Volume 138), Royal Numismatic Society, London (1978)
Skjaervo 1986 = Prods Oktor Skjaervo, 'Verbs In Parthian and Middle Persian Inscriptions,' Studia Grammatica Iranica Festschrift Fur Helmut Humbach, R. Kitzinger, Munchen (1986)
Skjaervo 1997/1 = Prods Oktor Skjaervo, 'The Joy of the Cup: A Pre-Sasanian Middle Persian Inscription on a Silver Bowl,' Bulletin of the Asia Institute, New Series, Volume 11, Asia Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI (1997)
Skjaervo 1999 = Prods Oktor Skjaervo (review article), 'Methodological Questions in Old Persian and Parthian Epigraphy,' Bulletin of the Asia Institute, Volume 13, Asia Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI (1999)
Smirnova 2007 = Natasha Smirnova, 'Some Questions Regarding the Numismatics of Pre-Islamic Merv,' Proceedings of the British Academy 133, The British Academy (2007)
SNG Italia 1991 = SNG Italia Milano, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Italia, Milano, Volume XII: Syria-Bactria et India, Comune di Milano (1991)
Strugnell 2008 = E. Strugnell, 'Thea Musa, Roman Queen of Parthia,' Iranica Antiqua, Volume XLIII, Gent (2008)
Swift 1931 = R. H. Swift, 'Notes On the Drachms of Parthia,' Selections From the Numismatist, American Numismatic Association, Racine (1960)
Tanabe 1988 = K. Tanabe, 'Iranian Xvarnah and the Treasure of Shosoin,' Iranica Antiqua, Volume XXIII, Gent (1988)
Treister 2001 = Mikhail Treister, 'The Portrait of a Parthian King from the Sarmation Burial in the Don Basin,' Silk Road Art and Achaeology, Volume VII, The Institute of Silk Road Studies, Kamakura (2001)
Treister 2003 = Mikhail Treister, 'Further Thoughts About Parthian and Related Belt and Belt Plaques,' Iranica Antiqua, Volume XXXVIII, Gent (2003)
Van Den Boorn/Houtkamp/Verhart 1989 = G. P. F. Van Den Boorn, J. M. Houtkamp and L. B. M. Verhart, 'Surface Finds From KS-Sites East of Haft Tepe (Khuzistan),' Iranica Antiqua, Volume XXIV, Gent (1989)
Van Der Spek 1998 = Robartus J. Van Der Spek, 'Cuneiform Documents On Parthian History: The Rahimesu Archive,' Das Partherreich Und Seine Zeugnisse, Franz Steiner, Stuttgart (1998)
Weiskopf 1981 = Michael Weiskopf, 'The Kuh Dasht Hoard and the Parthian "Dark Age",' American Numismatic Society Museum Notes 26, The American Numismatic Society, New York (1981)
Waggoner 1974 = Nancy M. Waggoner, 'The Coinage of Phraates III of Parthia: Addenda,' Near Eastern Numismatics, Iconography, Epigraphy and History - Studies in Honor of George C. Miles, American University of Beirut (1974)
Wolski 1990 = J. Wolski, 'Le Titre de "Roi Des Rois" dans L'Ideologie Monarchique Des Arsacides' From Alexander the Great to Kul Tegin, Akademiai Kiadi, Budapest (1990)
Wroth 1900/1 = Warwick Wroth, 'Otanes and Phraates IV,' Numismatic Chronicle, Third Series, Vol. XX (1900)
Wroth 1900/2 = Warwick Wroth, 'On the Rearrangement of Parthian Coinage,' Numismatic Chronicle, Third Series, Vol. XX (1900)
Wroth BMC = Warwick Wroth, Catalogue of the Coins of Parthia in the British Museum, British Museum, London (1907) [reprinted Arnaldo Forni, Bologna (1964)]