bgr_912562 - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - UNKNOWN KING (ARSAKES XVI) Drachme
180.00 €(Approx. 190.80$ | 149.40£)
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 78/77 - 62/61 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rhagae
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,04 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli revers. Buste à l’usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste du roi à gauche, tête nue avec un bandeau simple, sans nœud qui tombe derrière la tête, la chevelure couvrant l’oreille, la barbe courte.
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// QEOPATOROS// EUERGETOU.
Reverse translation : (Grand roi Arsace, fils divin, benfaiteur).
Historical background
PARTHIAN KINGDOM - UNKNOWN KING (ARSAKES XVI)
(80-70 BC)
We have no information about this unknown king who remained on the Arsacid throne for ten years, and who was previously identified with Gotarzes I. Today, modern authors attribute this coinage to Artaban II or Arsaces XVI, son of Mithridates who would have remained between 78/77 and 62/61 BC..
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