bgr_889915 - KINGDOM OF PERSIS - ARTAXERXES II Obole

KINGDOM OF PERSIS - ARTAXERXES II Obole AU

200.00 €(Approx. 214.00$ | 172.00£)

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Type : Obole

Date: c. 60-50 AC.

Mint name / Town : Persepolis, Perside

Metal : silver

Diameter : 9 mm

Orientation dies : 7 h.

Weight : 0,56 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Belle obole sur un flan large et centré. Buste de haut relief au droit. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

BMC.19 - GC.6215 - Morgan354 p. 282 - NAP.596

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Buste barbu couronné et drapé du roi à gauche, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque ; derrière la tête un monogramme.

Reverse

Reverse legend : INSCRIPTION ARAMÉENNE CIRCULAIRE NON LISIBLE.

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

Commentary

Poids léger. Au droit, le roi porte une couronne murale crénelée et un diadème. C’est l’un des types les plus petits frappés pour le royaume de Perside.

Historical background

KINGDOM OF PERSIS - ARTAXERXES II

(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, father of Artaxerxes II (c. 57 BC) and Oxathres (57-38 BC).

KINGDOM OF PERSIS - ARTAXERXES II Hemidrachme AU/VF

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