bgr_375972 - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - VOLOGESE IV Tétradrachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 195.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: An 465, Dioy = octobre
Mint name / Town : Séleucie du Tigre (Ctésiphon), Mésopotamie
Metal : billon
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,68 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, un peu court sur les légendes. Beau portrait. Sujets bien venus au revers. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Vologèse IV à gauche avec la barbe longue, coiffé de la tiare ; le vêtement est richement orné ; dans le champ derrière, B.
Reverse
Reverse description : Vologèse IV trônant à gauche, recevant une couronne de Niké debout à droite.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ BASILEWN/ ARSAKOU/ OLAGASOU/ DIKAIOU/ EPIFANOUS/ FILELLHNOS/ EXU/ DIOU.
Reverse translation : (Roi des rois Arsace, juste, glorieux, philhellène, an 465, octobre).
Historical background
PARTHIAN KINGDOM - VOLOGESE IV
(147-191)
Vologèse IV, who seems to be the son of Mithridates IV, succeeded Vologèse III in 147. The beginning of his reign was happy. Vologèse IV invaded Armenia and part of Syria in 162. War broke out between Romans and Parthians. Marcus Aurelius sent Lucius Verus to the East with a very important military command. Lucius Verus reconquered Armenia and invaded Mesopotamia. The co-emperor seized Seleucia and Ctesiphon and ravaged Parthia. Marc Aurèle and Lucius Vérus received the titles of "Armeniacus", then of "Parthicus Maximus". The power and prestige of the Arsacids were altered. Vologesis IV abandoned his claims to Armenia in 166 and did not live long enough to witness another capture of Ctesiphon in 198.
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