Live auction - bgr_525548 - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - MITHRADATES II Drachme
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| Estimate : | 720 € |
| Price : | 420 € |
| Maximum bid : | 420 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 June 2019 14:36:34 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 109 - 96/95 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ecbatane, Médie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type sur un flan large et ovale. Magnifique buste de Mithridates II. Revers de haut relief et de style fin. Belle patine de médaillier avec des reflets dorés. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
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 épaisse longue et pointue ; petit torque terminé.
Reverse
Reverse description : Le roi à droite est assis sur un trône à dossier, tenant un arc de sa main droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS//BASI-LEWN// MEGALOU// ARSAKOU// FILADELFOUS/ D.
Reverse translation : (Grand roi des rois Arsace aimant son frère).
Commentary
Ce type se caractérise par un flan et un buste larges avec un style particulier.
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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