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Drachm - Mithridates I
| Issuer | Parthian Empire |
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| Year | 171 BC - 135 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (171 BC - 135 BC) |
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Mithridates I transformed the Parthian state from a minor regional kingdom into an empire during his reign, seizing Media around 148 BC and Seleucia-on-the-Tigris — the wealthiest city in the Near East — by 141 BC. The coinage followed the conquests: earlier issues in this series show him with a simple diadem, while later emissions adopt the full Hellenistic royal title *Basileos Megalou*, reflecting his claim to Seleucid imperial succession. Sellwood 12.2 belongs to the mature phase of his output, struck from mints now controlling the Iranian plateau and Mesopotamia simultaneously.