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Drachm - Mithridates II
| Uitgever | Parthian Empire |
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| Jaar | 95 BC - 93 BC |
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| Samenstelling | Silver |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Draped bust of Mithridates II facing left, wearing a stepped tiara adorned with pellets; a neck torque is visible, its terminals ending in two pellets. The portrait is rendered in a refined Hellenistic style characteristic of the mature Parthian coinage of this reign. The field is plain, with no visible legend on the obverse. |
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| Schrift keerzijde | Greek |
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Mithridates II ruled the Parthian Empire at its territorial apex, having pushed west into Mesopotamia and east toward the borders of the expanding Kushan sphere. It was during his reign — around 96 BC — that the first known diplomatic contact between Parthia and Rome occurred, when the Roman general Sulla met a Parthian ambassador on the Euphrates, a meeting the Roman sources later inflated into a grand encounter of equals.
Sellwood 28.2 belongs to a late group within his coinage, distinguished by a specific die treatment of the diadem and neck truncation that separates it from the earlier Sellwood 27 issues.