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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Parthian Empire| > GS92034
Parthian Empire, Mithradates III, c. 87 - 79 B.C.
|Parthian| |Empire|, |Parthian| |Empire,| |Mithradates| |III,| |c.| |87| |-| |79| |B.C.|, Mithradates III and his brother Orodes II murdered their father. Orodes became king of Parthia. At first he made Mithridates king of Media but then deposed him. Mithridates was forced flee to Roman Syria but returned, and made himself king of Parthia. He was besieged in Seleucia by Orodes forces, defeated, captured and executed.
GS92034. Silver drachm, Sellwood 31.6 (Orodes I); Shore 123 (Orodes I); BMC Parthia p. 42, 1 (Sinatruces); Sunrise 308 var. (six pointed star), VF, toned, scratches, light corrosion, small edge split, Rhagae (Ray, part of Tehran, Iran) mint, weight 3.661g, maximum diameter 19.6mm, die axis 0o, c. 87 - 79 B.C.; obverse bearded bust left, wearing tiara ornamented with three rows of pearls and eight-pointed star, pellet ended torque; reverse archer (Arsakes I) seated right on throne, wearing bashlyk and cloak, left foot drawn back, bow in right hand, seven-line squared legend around: BAΣIΛΕΩΣ MΕΓAΛOY in two lines above, AP-ΣAKOY downward on right, ATOKPATOPOΣ ΦIΛOΠATPOΣ in two upside-down lines below, ΕΠIΦANOYΣ ΦIΛΕΛΛΗNOΣ in two downward lines on the left; ex Ancient Numismatic Enterprise (ANE); SOLD











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