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bgr_919509 - PARTHIA - KINGDOM OF PARTHIA - PHRAATACES or PHRAATES V Drachme

PARTHIA - KINGDOM OF PARTHIA - PHRAATACES or PHRAATES V Drachme AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 225.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 2 AC. - 4 AD.
Mint name / Town : Mithradakirt, Margiane
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,02 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli buste. Revers agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Sellwood56 /7 - GIC.5761  - BMC.261

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Phraataces à gauche, tête nue avec un bandeau triple, sans nœud qui tombe derrière la tête, la chevelure crantée couvrant l’oreille, la barbe courte et pointue ; devant la tête, un astre surmontant un croissant ; derrière la tête, Niké couronnant le roi.

Reverse

Reverse description : Archer assis à droite, tenant un arc de la main droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ BASILEWN/ ASSAKOU// EUERGETOU/ DIKAIOU// EPIFANOUS/ FILLENINOS// AI .
Reverse translation : (Roi des rois Arsace, bienfaiteur, juste, glorieux, philhellène).

Historical background

PARTHIA - KINGDOM OF PARTHIA - PHRAATACES or PHRAATES V

(2 BC - 4 AD)

In 24 BC, Augustus had returned the son of Phraates IV, captured by General Tiridates. At the same time, the emperor had offered him an Italian slave, Musa. Four years later, the King of Kings returned the ensigns and surviving prisoners from the Carrhae Disaster of 53 BC and that of Marc Antony of Phraapa. This event had an important impact in the Roman world. Musa eventually got married to Phraates IV and bore him a son Phraataces. Musa then urged the king to send his other sons and their families to Rome, including the future Vonones I. Musa and his son assassinated the old king. Phraataces became Phraates V then married his mother. He was overthrown by a palace revolution. History then loses track of Musa and his son, who were murdered or who managed to flee to Syria..

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