Parthian Coin of Orodes I. c.90-77BC
Bode Museum, Berlin
Parthian: Orodes I. |
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Exhibition in the Bode Museum Room 242, BM-043/46 Riches from Rome |
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| Obverse | Draped bust of the Orodes I. with diadem and tiara in the profile view to left. |
| Reverse |
BAΣIΛEΩΣ /
MEΓAΛOY - [A]PΣ-AK[OY] - [AY]TOKPATOPOΣ / ΦIΛOΠATOPOΣ - EΠIΦANOYΣ /
ΦIΛEΛΛHNOΣ. Archer sits in a chair with his bow to right. |
| Sitter |
Orodes I. (circa 90-77 BC.) |
| Class/status | Ancient Ruler's issue |
| Authority |
Orodes I. (circa 90-77 BC.) |
| Date |
circa 90-77 BC. Hellenistic |
| Denomination | Drachma |
| Material | Silver |
| Production | struck |
| Weight | 3.94 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Die-axis | 12 h |
| Mint | Ekbatana? |
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Media |
| Country |
Iran |
| Publications | D. Sellwood, An introduction to the coinage of Parthia (1971) 85 Typ 31,5 (Ekbatana?); F. B. Shore, Parthian coins and history (1993) 107 Nr. 122 (Ekbatana?). |
| Item | Coin |
| Department | Antiquity, Greek, Hellenistic |
| Accession | 1875 Prokesch-Osten |
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Previous owner |
Graf Anton Prokesch von Osten |
| Object number | 18202771 |
| Permalink | https://ikmk.smb.museum/object?id=18202771 |
