Live auction - bgr_631556 - PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - VONONES I Drachme
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 03 August 2021 14:39:36 |
Type : Drachme
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Médie, Ecbatane
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,62 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, un peu court au droit sur le buste du roi. Beau buste de Vonones Ier. Frappe molle au revers. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Vonones I à droite, coiffé de la tiare avec un bandeau triple, avec nœud qui tombe de chaque côté du visage.
Obverse legend : BASILEUS ONwNHS.
Obverse translation : (Roi Vonones).
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké debout à droite, teant une palme de la main droite tendue et une couronne.
Reverse legend : BASILEUS/ ONwNHS/ NEIKHSAS/ ARTABANON/ A.
Reverse translation : (Roi des rois Arsace, bienfaiteur, juste, glorieux, philhellène).
Commentary
Pour l’atelier d’Ecbatane, la victoire (Niké) peut être tournée à gauche ou à droite.
Historical background
PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - VONONES I
(8-12 AD)
Vonones I, son of Phraates IV, spent his youth in exile in Rome. After the assassination of Orodes III, he was called upon to ascend the throne. Bathed in Greco-Latin culture, he quickly became unpopular and had to fight against Artaban II of Atropatene, proclaimed king in 10 AD. Defeated, Vonones I had to go into exile.
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