bgr_575144 - PERSIS - KINGDOM OF PERSIS - DARIUS II Drachme
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Price : 225.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 225.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 100 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,53 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier. Beau buste du monarque. Revers de style fin. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Darius à gauche, tête coiffée de la tiare avec oreillette ornée d’un croissant de lune, un bandeau simple, avec nœud qui tombe derrière la tête, la barbe triangulaire longue et pointue, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE ARAMÉENNE.
Reverse description : Le roi debout à gauche devant un pyrée (autel du feu) allumé.
Commentary
Poids léger.
Lightweight
Lightweight
Historical background
PERSIS - KINGDOM OF PERSIS - DARIUS II
(c. 2nd - 1st century BC)
La Perside seems to have played an important role in the history of the Achaemenid Empire. Persepolis was one of the capitals of the Empire. La Perside kept a certain autonomy under the Macedonian domination which was perpetuated under the Parthians. The founder of the dynasty seems to have been Bagadate at the end of the 3rd century BC. It seems that Darius II who is the contemporary of the Parthian kings Orodes I, Sinatruces and Phraates III (c. 80-57 BC- C.) was the son of Autophradates II the father of Artaxerxes II (c. 57 BC) and Oxathres (57-38 BC).
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