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bgr_384450 - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - MITHRADATES II Drachme

PARTHIAN KINGDOM - MITHRADATES II Drachme AU/AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 100-88 AC.
Mint name / Town : Ecbatane
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,05 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Très beau portrait de Mithridates II. Revers de frappe un peu molle. Patine grise superficielle. Conserve une partie de son brillant de frappe
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Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de Mithridates II à gauche, tête coiffée d’une tiare à oreillette, simple bandeau, sans nœud, barbe longue et pointue.

Reverse


Reverse description : Le roi à droite est assis sur un trône à dossier, tenant un arc de sa main droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// BAS-ILEWN// MEGALOU// ARSAKOU// FILADELFOUS.
Reverse translation : (Grand roi des rois Arsace aimant son frère).

Commentary


La tiare est ornementée, peut-être gemmée, en tout cas perlée et ornée d’un astre.

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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