bgr_823869 - PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - ORODES I Drachme
380.00 €(Approx. 440.80$ | 330.60£)
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 90-80 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ecbatane, Médie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,98 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Très joli revers, finement détaillé. Patine grise
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).
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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