bgr_548685 - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - MITHRADATES II Drachme
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Price : 340.00 €
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Price : 340.00 €
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
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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.
The tiara is ornamented, perhaps gemmed, in any case beaded and decorated with a star
The tiara is ornamented, perhaps gemmed, in any case beaded and decorated with a star
Historical background
PARTHIAN KINGDOM - MITHRADATES II
(123-88 BC)
Mithridates II, one of the greatest Parthian kings, is the son of Artabane I (127-124 AC.). He began by restoring Parthian power in Mesopotamia and fixed the border on the Euphrates. He had to continue the fight against the Scythians and made Sakastan a protectorate. He consolidated his position in Asia Minor and intervened in Armenia to maintain the Parthian protectorate. But the last years of his reign were troubled by numerous usurpations. He was eliminated by Gotarzes I (95-80 AC.).
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