E-auction 143-82402 - bgr_373829 - PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - ORODES I Drachme
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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 52 € |
| Maximum bid : | 55 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 January 2016 14:02:00 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Drachme
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Ecbatane Médie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,67 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré à l’usure régulière. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste couronné, diadémé et drapé d’Orodes Ier à gauche, coiffé de la tiare avec la barbe longue.
Reverse
Reverse description : Le roi à droite est assis sur un trône à dossier, tenant un arc de la main droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// MEG-ALOU// ARSAKOU// AUTOKRATOROU// FILOPATORS// EPIFANOUS// FILELLHNOS.
Reverse translation : (Grand roi Arsace, autocrate, aimant son père, glorieux, philhellène).
Commentary
La tiare est ornée d’un triple rang de perles et d’une étoile.
Historical background
PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - ORODES I
(90-80 BC)
Orodes I is considered a usurper. He might have been of royal blood. He got rid of Gotarzes I and reigned perhaps for ten years after the death of Mithridates II. This is one of the most troubled times in Arsacid history..
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