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<p>[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 4135061, member: 100731"]I've posted this one before, but hey, I like 'm <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1070172[/ATTACH]KINGS OF PARTHIA, Mithridates II (124-88 BC). Denomination: AR Drachm, minted: Ecbatana(?); ca. 96-93 bc</p><p>Obv: Long-bearded bust left wearing tiara (T28ii) with six-point star; torque end single or double pellet; circular border of pellets</p><p>Rev: Beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; no border; five-line Greek inscription = ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ([Of the] Great King of Kings, Arsaces, the Noble)</p><p>Weight: 3.98g; Ø:1.9mm. Catalogue: Sellwood 28.2. Provenance: Ex. private collection; acq.: 04-2019</p><p><br /></p><p>Mithridates II (Parthian: Mihrdāt) King of Parthian Empire from 124 to 88 BC. He was already known as ""the Great"" in antiquity. He is the first Parthian ruler to regularly use the title of ""King of Kings"", thus stressing the Parthian association with the Achaemenid Empire. Considered one of the most prominent monarchs of the ancient East, his reign marked the rise of the Parthians as a superpower.He spent most of reign consolidating his rule in the Near East, successfully re-conquering Babylonia, and turning the kingdoms of Armenia, Adiabene, Characene, Gordyene, and Osrhoene into vassal states. He also captured Dura-Europos in Syria, and restored Parthian authority in Sakastan, which was given as a fief to the House of Suren. During the last years of his reign, however, his empire fell into disarray, with the Parthian nobility having enough authority to challenge the Parthian king periodically, including a rival-monarch named Gotarzes I (r. 90 – 80 BC), who claimed the throne. Following Mithridates II's death in 88 BC, Gotarzes ruled Babylonia, while Orodes I (r. 90 – 80 BC) ruled the eastern territories of the empire separately.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 4135061, member: 100731"]I've posted this one before, but hey, I like 'm ;) [ATTACH=full]1070172[/ATTACH]KINGS OF PARTHIA, Mithridates II (124-88 BC). Denomination: AR Drachm, minted: Ecbatana(?); ca. 96-93 bc Obv: Long-bearded bust left wearing tiara (T28ii) with six-point star; torque end single or double pellet; circular border of pellets Rev: Beardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on throne, holding bow in right hand; no border; five-line Greek inscription = ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ([Of the] Great King of Kings, Arsaces, the Noble) Weight: 3.98g; Ø:1.9mm. Catalogue: Sellwood 28.2. Provenance: Ex. private collection; acq.: 04-2019 Mithridates II (Parthian: Mihrdāt) King of Parthian Empire from 124 to 88 BC. He was already known as ""the Great"" in antiquity. He is the first Parthian ruler to regularly use the title of ""King of Kings"", thus stressing the Parthian association with the Achaemenid Empire. Considered one of the most prominent monarchs of the ancient East, his reign marked the rise of the Parthians as a superpower.He spent most of reign consolidating his rule in the Near East, successfully re-conquering Babylonia, and turning the kingdoms of Armenia, Adiabene, Characene, Gordyene, and Osrhoene into vassal states. He also captured Dura-Europos in Syria, and restored Parthian authority in Sakastan, which was given as a fief to the House of Suren. During the last years of his reign, however, his empire fell into disarray, with the Parthian nobility having enough authority to challenge the Parthian king periodically, including a rival-monarch named Gotarzes I (r. 90 – 80 BC), who claimed the throne. Following Mithridates II's death in 88 BC, Gotarzes ruled Babylonia, while Orodes I (r. 90 – 80 BC) ruled the eastern territories of the empire separately.[/QUOTE]
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