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PARTHIAN KINGDOM - Mithridates I, 171-138 B.C.
Silver drachma (21 mm, 4.25 gm.) Hekatompylos, c. 165 B.C.
Reference: Catalogue references: BMC.3 - Sellwood 9 / 1 - GC.7327 - P. Delorme A forgotten empire or initiation Parthian mint (I), B & C 318, July / August 2001, p. 31-33. Shore 13.
ANEPIGRAPHIC. Diademed bust of Mithridates I left, beardless, wearing the bashlik.
The king sits right on omphalos, holding a bow in his right hand?. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΑΡ-ΣΑΚΟΥ Arsaces.