Live auction - bgr_543095 - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - MITHRADATES II Drachme
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| Estimate : | 720 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 30 July 2019 14:21:50 |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 100-88 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ecbatane, Médie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,07 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés, légèrement fendu à 12 heures dans la tiare. Beau buste. Tès joli revers avec le visage du roi identifiable. Patine grise superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Mithridates II à gauche, tête coiffée d’une tiare à oreillette, simple bandeau, sans nœud, barbe longue et pointue.
Reverse
Reverse description : Le roi à droite est assis sur un trône à dossier, tenant un arc de sa main droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// BAS-ILEWN// MEGALOU// ARSAKOU// FILADELFOUS.
Reverse translation : (Grand roi des rois Arsace aimant son frère).
Commentary
La tiare est ornementée, peut-être gemmée, en tout cas perlée et ornée d’un astre.
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