Sellwood 10.2

Mithradates I · Drachma · 171 - 138 BCE

Date171 - 138 BCE

AuthorityMithradates I

DenominationDrachma

MaterialSilver

Average Size20mm, 3.8g (based on 1 example)

Obverse Typebeardless bust left, wearing bashlyk; circular border of pellets

Reverse LegendΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ

Reverse Typebeardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on omphalos, holding bow in right hand; exergual line; no border

ANS Avg Weight (g)3.840

ANS DenominationsDrachma

ANS Diameter Range (mm)20

ANS Die Axis7

ANS Obverse Imagehttps://numismatics.org/collectionimages/19001949/1944/1944.100.82022.obv.width350.jpg ↗

ANS Reverse Imagehttps://numismatics.org/collectionimages/19001949/1944/1944.100.82022.rev.width350.jpg ↗

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ANS Specimen IDs1944.100.82022

ANS Specimens1

ANS Weight Range (g)3.84

Other ReferencesSellwood 1971: 10, Shore: 12-19, Sear: 7328-7329, 7333-7334, Mitchiner ACW: 467-473 (Unattributed), Wroth BMC: p3,11,13; p4,27; p4,28 (Phriapatius & Phraates I); p5,30 (Phraates I?), Gardner: Pl. I:3,4&5 (Arsaces/Tiridates I), Petrowicz: p6,7 (Tiridates I)

parthia.com Specimens1

Reign Datesc. 171 - 138 BCE

Sellwood Main Type10

Sellwood TypeSellwood 10.2

Sunrise AuthorityPhriapatius to Mithradates I; Phriapatius or Mithradates I

Sunrise ReferenceSunrise 254 (Phriapatius to Mithradates I); 255-256 (Phriapatius or Mithradates I); 257

Examples in Museum Databases (1 specimen)

American Numismatic Society