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bgr_586275 - PERSIS - KINGDOM OF PERSIS - DARIUS II Drachme

PERSIS - KINGDOM OF PERSIS - DARIUS II Drachme AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 225.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 100 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,96 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, éclaté à 1 heure. Beau buste de Darius II. Revers de style fin. Jolie patine de médaillier avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
BMC.4  - Morgan352 p. 281 - GIC.6206  - NAP.590

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Darius à gauche, tête coiffée de la tiare avec oreillette ornée d’un croissant de lune, un bandeau simple, avec nœud qui tombe derrière la tête, la barbe triangulaire longue et pointue, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LÉGENDE ARAMÉENNE.
Reverse description : Le roi debout à gauche devant un pyrée (autel du feu) allumé.

Commentary

Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background

PERSIS - KINGDOM OF PERSIS - DARIUS II

(c. 2nd - 1st century BC)

La Perside seems to have played an important role in the history of the Achaemenid Empire. Persepolis was one of the capitals of the Empire. La Perside kept a certain autonomy under the Macedonian domination which was perpetuated under the Parthians. The founder of the dynasty seems to have been Bagadate at the end of the 3rd century BC. It seems that Darius II who is the contemporary of the Parthian kings Orodes I, Sinatruces and Phraates III (c. 80-57 BC- C.) was the son of Autophradates II the father of Artaxerxes II (c. 57 BC) and Oxathres (57-38 BC).

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