bgr_1177159 - PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - MITHRIDATES I Tetrachalque
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Тип Tetrachalque
Дата: c. 171-138 AC
Монетный двор / Город: Ecbatane
Металл: copper
Диаметр: 21 mm
Ориентация осей монеты: 6 h.
Вес: 8,38 g.
Редкость: R2
Комментарии о состоянии
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine foncée
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Происхождение:
Exemplaire provenant de la collection de Jean Benusiglio (1918-2018), ancien président de la Société archéologique de Bordeaux
Лицевая сторона
Аверс: легенда: ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Аверс: описание: Buste de Mithridates Ier à droite.
Обратная сторона
Реверс: Описание: Tête de cheval à droite.
Реверс: легенда: BASILEWS// MEGALOU// ARSAKOU// FILADELFOUS
Реверс: перевод: (Grand roi Arsace aimant son frère).
Историческая справка
PARTHIA - PARTHIAN KINGDOM - MITHRIDATES I
(171-138 BC)
Phraates I had several sons (and daughters), but he chose his younger brother, Mithridates I, as his successor because he appreciated his qualities. We can deduce that the sovereign had acquired absolute power, being able to afford not to follow the tradition which reserved the throne for the eldest son. Mithridates first undertook an expedition to the east, taking back from the powerful Greco-Bactrian Empire the lands ceded under Arsaces II. Then he turned west and took Media from the Seleucids (148 BC). This first war of conquest gave him access to Mesopotamia, which would be for several centuries the privileged battlefield between the Parthians (then the Sassanids) and the Seleucids, then the Romans. Within a few years, Mithridates I had raised Parthia to the rank of a great power..
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