Live auction - bgr_626564 - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - MITHRADATES II Tetradrachme
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Estimate : | 1 800 € |
Price : | 1 050 € |
Maximum bid : | 1 050 € |
End of the sale : | 08 December 2020 14:28:29 |
bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Tetradrachme
Date: c. 100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Parthie, Rhagæ (Téhéran)
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,14 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire, idéalement centré des deux côtés. Buste de toute beauté. Petite faiblesse à 6h au revers. Agréable patine grise avec des reflets dorés
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 courte tombe sur la nuque, la barbe mi-longue et arrondie.
Reverse
Reverse description : Le roi à droite est assis sur l’omphalos, tenant un arc de sa main droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// MEGALOU// ARS-AKOU// EPIFANOUS/ TU.
Reverse translation : (Grand roi Arsace glorieux).