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Drachm - Mithridates IV Ecbatana
| Issuer | Parthian Empire |
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| Year | 129-140 |
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| Currency | Drachm (247 BC-224 AD) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Mithridates IV ruled as a relatively obscure Parthian king during a period of dynastic instability, and coins struck at Ecbatana — the old Median capital that retained ceremonial importance under Arsacid rule — represent the primary evidence historians use to reconstruct the chronology of his reign. The dating window of 129–140 (Arsacid era) corresponds roughly to the mid-2nd century AD, a period when Parthia was absorbing pressure on multiple frontiers.
Sellwood 82.3 is notably scarcer than 82.1, the distinction lying in subtle die differences that specialists continue to debate.