v16_0084 - PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - MITHRADATES II Drachme
MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Drachme
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Ecbatane
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait Au revers, la légende est parfaitement lisible. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Delorme
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Mithridates II à gauche, tête coiffée d’une tiare à oreillette, simple bandeau, sans nœud, barbe longue et carrée.
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// AR-SAKOU// EUERGETOU// KAI FILELLHN
Reverse translation : (Grand roi des rois Arsace, juste bienfaiteur et philhellène).
Commentary
Au droit, la tiare est ornementée d’un triple rang de perles et d’une étoile.
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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