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Drachm - Mithridates II
| Issuer | Parthian Empire |
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| Year | 111 BC - 110 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Diademed bust of Mithridates II facing left, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with distinctly Parthian character. The king wears a beaded diadem over long, wavy hair that falls in loose curls behind the ear, and sports a full, carefully striated beard. He is draped in a torque-adorned garment, the torque terminal taking the form of a sea-horse. A dotted border frames the coin's irregular flan. |
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| Reverse description | Arsakes I, the legendary dynastic founder, portrayed as a heroic archer seated right upon an omphalos throne, his body shown in three-quarter view and clad in Parthian dress. He holds a strung bow horizontally in his outstretched right hand, a standard Arsacid dynastic emblem. A monogram appears in the upper right field. The surrounding Greek legend reads BASILEOS MEGALOU ARSAKOU EPIPHANOUS, encircling the central device, with the mint name Rhagai associated with this issue. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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