171 BCE - 132 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ΑPΣΑΚΟΥ
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head left, wearing bashlyk, torque and cloak.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΕ ΑPΣΑΚΟΥ (Greek) Archer (Arsakes I) seated right on omphalos, holding bow
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Hecatompylos
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Hyrcania
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
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Mithradates I of Parthia, Parthian Empire
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 171 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 132 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 0.660.66 g <br />660 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: obol
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1414 mm <br />1.4 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Bust of Eucratides I, diademed, draped and cuirassed right, wearing Boeotian helmet adorned with bull's horn and ear
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΕΥΚΡΑΤΙΔΟΥ (Greek) Two pilei with stars, palms to right of each
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 171 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 145 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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obol
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References
References
- ^ Sellwood, David (1980), An introduction to the coinage of Parthia, 2nd ed., London, Spink & Son, 322 p., 10 pl.
- ^ Nelson, Bradley R. (2011), Numismatic Art of Persia: The Sunrise Collection Part I: Ancient- 650 BC to AD 650, Lancaster
- ^ https://numismatics.org/collection/1995.51.310?lang=fr
