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ID number: BIRBI-VAR0004 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Mithridates II; Uncertain mint Denomination: Drachm Culture: Parthian Date made: 123-88 BC Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 4.03 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Whitting 5898, A. H. Baldwin, 8th June 1968. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Mithridates II, facing l., bearded, wearing Parthian crown with seven-pointed star in crown; single pellet border Reverse: Archer, wearing Parthian headdress, seated, holding bow.
Inscriptions: Obverse: None. Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙ+ΑΝΟΥΣ (Of the Great [and] Noble Arsacids, King of Kings)
Bibliography: Sellwood Type 28/2.
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