v16_0085 - PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - MITHRADATES II Dichalkoi (2 chalques)
MONNAIES 16 (2002)
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Estimate : 100.00 €
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Starting price : 50.00 €
Estimate : 100.00 €
Realised price : 50.00 €
Type : Dichalkoi (2 chalques)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Ecbatane
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,36 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Usure importante, mais exemplaire parfaitement identifiable. Légèrement décentré au droit. Très joli revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Delorme
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 : Protomé de cheval à droite (Bucéphale).
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// MEGALOU// ARSAKOU// FILADELFOUS
Reverse translation : (Grand roi Arsace aimant son frère).
Commentary
Cet exemplaire est illustré dans l’article de P. Delorme (N&C 319, p. 44, fig. 8).
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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