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E-auction 349-262999 - bgr_504042 - PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - ORODES I Drachme

PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - ORODES I Drachme VF
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Estimate : 100 €
Price : 63 €
Maximum bid : 65 €
End of the sale : 23 December 2019 14:02:00
bidders : 11 bidders
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 90-80 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ecbatane, Médie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,81 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste couronné, diadémé et drapé d’Orodes Ier à gauche, coiffé de la tiare avec la barbe longue.

Reverse


Reverse description : Le roi à droite est assis sur un trône à dossier, tenant un arc de la main droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// MEG-ALOU// ARSAKOU// AUTOKRATOROU// FILOPATORS// EPIFANOUS// FILELLHNOS.
Reverse translation : (Grand roi Arsace, autocrate, aimant son père, glorieux, philhellène).

Commentary


La tiare est ornée d’un triple rang de perles et d’une étoile.

Historical background


PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - ORODES I

(90-80 BC)

Orodes I is considered a usurper. He might have been of royal blood. He got rid of Gotarzes I and reigned perhaps for ten years after the death of Mithridates II. This is one of the most troubled times in Arsacid history..

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