Sellwood 8.1

Mithradates I · Obol · 171 - 138 BCE

Date171 - 138 BCE

AuthorityMithradates I

DenominationObol

MaterialSilver

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

Reverse LegendΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ

Reverse Typebeardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on omphalos, holding bow in right hand; no border; behind archer, single-word

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ANS Specimens0

Other ReferencesSellwood 1971: 8, Shore: 6, 22, 23, Sear: 7326, 7336, Mitchiner ACW: 463 (Unattributed), Wroth BMC: p1,1,2&3; p2,2 (Tiridates I & son Arsaces), Gardner: Pl. I:1&2 (Arsaces/Tiridates I), Petrowicz: p5,2 (Tiridates I)

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PDC6226, 23272

Reign Datesc. 171 - 138 BCE

Sellwood Main Type8

Sellwood TypeSellwood 8.1

Sunrise AuthorityPhriapatius

Sunrise Datesc. 191 - 176 BCE

Sunrise ReferenceSunrise 248-250 (Phriapatius)

Variantsvariant (obol)

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