v23_0158 - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - ARTABANUS II Drachme
MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 115.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 115.00 €
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 115.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 115.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Ecbatane
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,63 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Exemplaire de haut relief. Joli revers de beau style. Une fine patine grise recouvre l’ensemble de la pièce
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste d’Artaban II à gauche, tête nue avec un bandeau triple, avec nœud qui tombe derrière la tête, la chevelure tombant sur la nuque, la barbe moyenne et carrée.
Reverse
Reverse description : Archer assis à droite sur un trône, tenant un arc de la main droite ; sous l’arc, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ BASILEWN/ ARSAKOU// EUERGETOU/ DIKAIOU// EPIFANOUS/ FILLENHNOS
Reverse translation : (Roi des rois Arsace, bienfaiteur, juste, glorieux, philhellène).
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire l’épigraphie du revers est encore parfaitement identifiable, mais devient stéréotypée.
On this example the epigraphy on the reverse is still perfectly identifiable, but becomes stereotyped
On this example the epigraphy on the reverse is still perfectly identifiable, but becomes stereotyped
Historical background
PARTHIAN KINGDOM - ARTABANUS II
(10-38)
Artaban does not belong to the main branch of the Arsacids. He revolted in 10 AD and succeeded in driving out Vonones (8-12), the son of Phraates IV, exiled to Rome for nearly twenty years and who had allied himself with his jailers in order to conquer Armenia . The reign of Artabanus was only a series of skirmishes and wars against the Romans to whom he disputed Armenia. He managed to impose two of his sons on the Armenian throne who were both successively eliminated. The end of his reign was clouded by palace plots.
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