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Drachm - Mithridates I
| Issuer | Parthian Empire |
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| Year | 171 BC - 138 BC |
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| Weight | 3.79 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare-faced, beardless royal bust facing left, adorned with a soft pointed cap (bashlyk) and a torque at the neck, draped in a cloak. The portrait is rendered in a Hellenistic style characteristic of early Parthian coinage. The field is enclosed by a border of evenly spaced pellets. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Hecatompylos, Hyrcania, modern-day Shahr-e Qumis, Iran Nisa, modern-day Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
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