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Price : 550.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2026)
Price : 550.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 138-127 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ecbatane, Médie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique monnaie sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Buste de toute beauté ainsi qu’un revers finement détaillé. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Phraates II à gauche avec la barbe courte.
Reverse
Reverse description : Archer parthe assis à droite sur l’omphalos, tenant un arc de la main droite.
Reverse legend : BASI-LEWS/ MEG-ALOU// ARSAKOU/ QEOPATOROS
Reverse translation : (Grand roi Arsacos père de dieu).
Historical background
PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - PHRAATES II
(138-127 BC)
Minor, Phraates II, succeeded his father Mithridates I (171-138 BC). His mother ensured the regency at the beginning of his reign. He had to fight the Seleucid king, Antiochus VII Sidetes (138-129 BC) who had invaded Babylonia and Media. The Seleucid king, initially victorious, was defeated and killed (or committed suicide) fighting against the Parthians. Phraates had to face many incursions, the Scythians first, then the Saces at the end of his reign. It was while fighting them that he died in 127 BC..
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