bgr_879102 - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - MITHRADATES II Chalque
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Price : 100.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 100.00 €
Type : Chalque
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Rhagae
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,02 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée. Joli buste. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
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 longue et pointue.
Reverse
Reverse description : Carquois.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// BAS-ILEWN// MEGALOU// ARSAKOU// EPIFANOUS// FILADELFOUS
Reverse translation : (Grand roi des rois Arsace, glorieux, aimant son frère).
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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