E-auction 669-700572 - ELYMAIS - ELYMAIS KINGDOM - PHRAATES Drachme

ELYMAIS - ELYMAIS KINGDOM - PHRAATES Drachme VF

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Type : Drachme

Date: c. 120-150

Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé

Metal : copper

Diameter : 14,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,01 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Flan court, centré. Joli buste. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

GIC.- - Morgan- - BMC.-

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Phraates à droite, coiffé de la tiare ; dans le champ à droite un croissant pointé au-dessus d’une ancre.

Obverse legend : FRA

Obverse translation : (Phraates).

Reverse

Reverse description : Artémis debout à droite, drapée, tenant un arc de la main gauche et tirant une flèche de son carquois de la main droite.

Reverse legend : PRAATES/ BASILEUK

Reverse translation : (Phraates roi).

Commentary

Représentation inhabituelle du roi. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Unusual representation of the king. This type seems rarer than general works suggest.