Sellwood 10.4

Mithradates I · 171 - 138 BCE

Date171 - 138 BCE

AuthorityMithradates I

MaterialSilver

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; in exergue, Greek letter Ν; exergual line; no border

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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 Specimens31

PDC6980, 15942, 20705, 46384

Reign Datesc. 171 - 138 BCE

Sellwood Main Type10

Sellwood TypeSellwood 10.4

Sunrise AuthorityPhriapatius to Mithradates I; Phriapatius or Mithradates I

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

Variantsvariant (retrograde Ν), variant (Α in exergue), variant (Μ in exergue), variant (ΟΡ in exergue), variant (Σ in exergue), variant (Τ in exergue)

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