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bgr_575158 - KINGDOM OF PERSIS - ARTAXERXES II Drachme

KINGDOM OF PERSIS - ARTAXERXES II Drachme AU/XF
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Price : 225.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 60-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Persepolis, Perside
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 4,47 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Beau buste du roi. Frappe brouillée au revers. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
BMC.1  - GC.6212  - Morgan-  - NAP.598

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste barbu couronné et drapé du roi à gauche, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque ; derrière la tête un monogramme.

Reverse

Reverse legend : INSCRIPTION ARAMÉENNE CIRCULAIRE NON LISIBLE.
Reverse description : Le roi debout à gauche devant un pyrée (autel du feu) allumé.

Commentary

Au droit, le roi porte une couronne murale crénelée et un diadème.

Historical background

KINGDOM OF PERSIS - ARTAXERXES II

(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, father of Artaxerxes II (c. 57 BC) and Oxathres (57-38 BC).

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