Live auction - bgr_631608 - PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - VOLOGASES VI Drachme
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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 75 € |
| Maximum bid : | 75 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 April 2026 14:22:02 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 210-220
Mint name / Town : Ecbatane, Médie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,45 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier bien centré au droit, court sur les légendes stylisées au revers. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Vologèse VI à gauche, tête coiffée de la tiare avec oreillette, un bandeau simple, avec nœud qui tombe derrière la tête, la barbe triangulaire longue et pointue ; boucle à l’oreille.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE CORROMPUE, GRECQUE ET PEHLVI.
Reverse description : Archer assis à droite sur un trône, tenant un arc de la main droite ; au-dessous, un monogramme.
Commentary
Poids léger. Une des dernières frappes pour le royaume parthe.
Lightweight. One of the last strikes for the Parthian kingdom
Lightweight. One of the last strikes for the Parthian kingdom
Historical background
PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - VOLOGASES VI
(207-222)
Vologèse VI is the eldest son of Vologèse V (191-207) and the grandson of Vologèse IV (147-191). After the disastrous reign of his father and the invasion of the kingdom, with the capture of Ctesiphon by Septimius Severus in 198, Vologesis VI must now face the son of Septimius Severus, Caracalla, who leads from 215 a major campaign in East. Vologèse VI was saved only by the assassination of Caracalla by Macrinus in 217. The Roman danger averted, Vologèse who had already had to get rid of his brother Artaban IV (216-224) had to face a new competitor, Ardashir ( Artaxerxes), the Sassanid who dethroned his rival in 222 and may have him put to death six years later. A new empire is born.
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