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Nomos 2

18 May 2010
Widder Hotel, Zürich
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Estimate: 1000 CHF
Hammer Price:  950 CHF
Lot 140

KINGS of PARTHIA. Mithradates II. 121-91 BC. Drachm (Silver, 4.21 g 12), Ecbatana, circa 119-109. Diademed bust of Mithradates II to left, wearing torque and elaborate robes. Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ / ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ / ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ / ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ Arsakes I seated right on low throne, holding bow. Sellwood 26.1. Shore 77. A wonderful piece, perfectly preserved and beautifully toned. Good extremely fine.


From the Bellaria Collection, Triton VII, 12 January 2004, 422 and ex Sternberg 27, 7 November 1994, 23.

The Parthians consciously harked back to earlier portrait styles, both of the Persian Great Kings and of the Assyrian and Babylonian rulers of Mesopotamia. This is a classic example of the kind of archaistic portrait they liked: it could have stepped right off one of the great relief panels found in Persian and Babylonian palaces!

Online bidding closes: 18 May 2010, 09:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 29 Mar 2024, 12:20:15 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:950 CHF

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