Drachme - Mithridates I 165 BC - 132 BC

Reverse

King enthroned right on the omphalos, wearing khandis and bashlik, and holding a bow. Greek legend in 3 lines. Materialized ground.

Script: Greek

Lettering: BAΣIΛEΩΣ MEΓAΛoY APΣAKoY

Comment

Sellwood Type 11.2: smaller portrait of the king, more grotesque in style, with shorter pellet border than the previous type.

Sellwood type 11.3: portrait in a wreath of leaves

Sellwood type 11.4: same as above, with N above the bow

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Sellwood Type 11.2 : portrait du roi plus petit, de style plus grotesque, et bordure avec pellets plus courts comparé au type précèdent.

Sellwood type 11.3 : portrait dans une couronne de feuilles

Sellwood type 11.4 : idem précèdent avec N au dessus de l'arc

Interesting fact

One interesting fact about the Standard circulation coin Drachme - Mithridates I (165 BC - 132 BC) from Parthian Empire (Parthian Empire (247 BC - 224 AD)) made of Silver weighing 4.38 g is that it features an image of the king, Mithridates I, on one side and an image of the goddess Athena on the other. This coin was used as a means of payment and trade throughout the Parthian Empire, which at its peak was the largest empire of the ancient world, stretching from modern-day Iraq to Afghanistan.