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munten (171-138 BC)

Image of the obverse. drachm. Inventory number:RE-01650 Image of the reverse. drachm. Inventory number:RE-01650

drachm

Inventory number:RE-01650

Tags:

munten vervalsing
Group
-
Current country
Iran / Turkmenistan
Status or function
vervalsing, contemporain
Political unit
Greek states
Political state
Parthian Empire
Authority
Mithradates I (171-138 BC)
Dating
171-138 BC
Production site
Nisa / Hecatompylos
Mint master
-
Designer
-
Countermark
-
Serie
-
Serial number
-
Catalogues
Sellwood 10.1; Shore 12 & 13; PDC 3464
Subject
-

Properties

Size, diameter/horizontal (mm)
20.71
Size, vertical (mm)
-
Material
tin?
Mass (gr)
4.143

Obverse

Image

beardless bust of Mithradates I facing left, wearing bashlyk, dotted border

Text

-

Reverse

Image

beardless archer seated right on omphalos, wearing bashlyk and coat, holding bow in right hand

Text

ΜΕΓΑ[ΛΟΥ] [ΑΡΣ]ΑΚΟΥ [ΒΑΣ]ΙΛΕⲰΣ

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