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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2018.4
People
Mithradates II of Parthia, Parthian (r.c. 123-88 BCE)
Title
Tetradrachm of Mithradates II of Parthia
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
121 - 91 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Seleukeia ad Tigrim (Syria)
Period
Hellenistic period, Late
Culture
Parthian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/358721

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Metal
AR
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
14.78 g,
Die Axis
1
Denomination
tetradrachm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Reverse Inscription: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
A. de Petrowicz collection, Russia, (by 1926), sold; through [Naville XI, 18 October 1926 lot 2133]. [Bank Leu, Zurich, (dates unknown)], sold; to Stoecklin collection, Switzerland (by 1981), purchased; [through Herbert Kreindler from Nomos AG, Zurich, Auction 14, 17 May, 2017 lot 169].

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Sellwood, 24.4; Shore 67

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, J.P. Engelcke Coin Purchase Fund
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
2018.4
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obverse: Diademed bust of Mithradates II to l. with short hair, long beard, his neck encircled with torques, wearing elaborately decorated South Asian tunic.
Reverse: Archer seated on omphalos, to r., wearing riding trousers, a bashlik - a soft pointed cap - holding a bow.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Ancient Coins

Verification Level

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