v43_0280 - KINGDOM OF PERSIS - ARTAXERXES II Obole
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Obole
Date: c. 150 AC.
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,57 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier large et ovale, bien centré au droit. Très beau portrait au droit, mais frappe plus faible au revers. Patine de collection ancienne
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste couronné du roi à gauche, un bandeau simple, avec nœud qui tombe derrière la tête, la barbe triangulaire longue et pointue, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque, la masse des cheveux retenus dans un filet ; la couronne est crénelée ; monogramme derrière la tête.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE ARAMÉENNE.
Reverse description : Le roi debout à droite, tourné à gauche devant un autel du feu (pyrée).
Commentary
C’est l’un des types les plus petits frappés pour le royaume de Perside.
This is one of the smallest types minted for the kingdom of Persis
This is one of the smallest types minted for the kingdom of Persis
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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