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Mithradates II., 121-91 BC
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AR dr., 4,01gr, 23,6mm; Sellwood 24.18, Shore--, Sunrise --;
mint: Arsakia, axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed bust, left, w/diadem, knot and ribbons; short cap like hair, mustache, medium-long beard; warring, torque w/ pellet finial; Cuirass; dotted border 4 to 13:30h; composite monogram in right field; complete bust;
rev.: archer, right, on omphalos, w/bow in right hand; 4-line legend beginning left and forming square in guidelines: BAΣIΛE&(ΩΣ) MEΓΛoY AI(sic)ΣAKoY EΠΦANo(YΣ); behind archer's back monogram resembling A;
ex: CNG EAuction 196,
in: Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum, Vol.2, Mithradates II., Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2020, p.401, plate 20, Nr. 279A.
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