v11_0165 - PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - MITHRADATES II Drachme
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
Realised price : 80.80 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 82.32 €
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
Realised price : 80.80 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 82.32 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ecbatane
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Flan légèrement taché au droit. Joli revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire vient de la collection P. Delorme
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste couronné, diadémé et drapé de Mithradates II à gauche, coiffé de la tiare avec la barbe longue.
Reverse
Reverse description : Archer assis à droite sur un trône, tenant un arc de la main droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// BASILEWN// MEGALOU// ARSAKOU// EPIFANOUS
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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