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Drachm - Mithridates II
| Issuer | Parthian Empire |
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| Year | 120 BC - 109 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Mithridates II ruled the Parthian Empire at its greatest territorial extent, reclaiming Mesopotamia from the Seleucids and receiving diplomatic embassies from both Rome and Han China — the first direct contact between those two powers brokered through Parthian intermediaries. His coinage reflects that ambition: the Sellwood 24 series spans his long reign and shows progressive changes in the royal portrait as his power consolidated. Sellwood 24.13 specifically places this piece in the earlier portion of that sequence, before the more elaborate diademed varieties of his later issues.