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Silver tetradrachm of Mithradates I, Parthian, from Iran, 171-138 BCE. Diam. 2.9cm, W: 15.4g. Inv. CM 1848,0803.22. - Like their Seleucid prototypes, the Parthian coins showed the profiled head of the king, in this case Mithradates I wearing a Hellenistic-Greek diadem on the obverse. The seated archer on the reverse resembles Apollo on Hellenistic coins but is dressed in the Iranian fashion. As all of the ruling Parthian dynasty took the name of an early king, Arsaces, this coin does not bear the name of Mithradates, instead the Greek legend reads 'Of the Great King Arsaces'.

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART307960

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3600px × 1951px

Photo Credit © The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY

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2nd century BCE

Parthian (144 BCE-224 CE)

Tetradrachma, coin