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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 123-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ecbatane, Médie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,89 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large bien centré, irrégulier avec le grènetis visible au droit à l’usure importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Joli revers de style fin
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Mithridates II à gauche, tête nue avec un bandeau simple, sans nœud qui tombe derrière la tête, la chevelure tombe sur la nuque, la barbe épaisse longue et pointue.
Reverse
Reverse description : Le roi à droite est assis sur un trône à dossier, tenant un arc de sa main droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS//BASI-LEWN// MEGALOU// ARSAKOU// FILADELFOUS/ D
Reverse translation : (Grand roi des rois Arsace aimant son frère).
Historical background
PARTHIAN KINGDOM - MITHRADATES II
(123-88 BC)
Mithridates II, one of the greatest Parthian kings, is the son of Artabane I (127-124 AC.). He began by restoring Parthian power in Mesopotamia and fixed the border on the Euphrates. He had to continue the fight against the Scythians and made Sakastan a protectorate. He consolidated his position in Asia Minor and intervened in Armenia to maintain the Parthian protectorate. But the last years of his reign were troubled by numerous usurpations. He was eliminated by Gotarzes I (95-80 AC.).
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