Sellwood 10.1

Mithradates I · Drachma · 171 - 138 BCE

Date171 - 138 BCE

AuthorityMithradates I

DenominationDrachma

MaterialSilver

Average Size19–22mm, 3.9g (based on 20 examples)

Obverse Typebeardless bust left, wearing bashlyk; circular border of pellets

Reverse LegendΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ

Reverse Typebeardless archer wearing bashlyk and cloak seated right on omphalos, holding bow in right hand; exergual line; no border

ANS Avg Weight (g)3.881

ANS DenominationsDrachma

ANS Diameter Range (mm)19-22

ANS Die Axis1-12

ANS MintsHecatompylos

ANS Obverse Imagehttps://numismatics.org/collectionimages/19001949/1944/1944.100.82004.obv.width350.jpg ↗

ANS Reverse Imagehttps://numismatics.org/collectionimages/19001949/1944/1944.100.82004.rev.width350.jpg ↗

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ANS Specimen IDs1944.100.82004, 1944.100.82005, 1944.100.82006, 1944.100.82007, 1944.100.82008, 1944.100.82009, 1944.100.82010, 1944.100.82011, 1944.100.82014, 1944.100.82015, 1944.100.82016, 1944.100.82017, 1944.100.82019, 1944.100.82020, 1944.100.82021, 1944.100.82025, 1973.56.1565, 1974.52.18, 1977.158.772, 1977.158.774

ANS Specimens20

ANS Weight Range (g)3.11-4.29

Other ReferencesSellwood 1971: 10, Shore: 12-19, Sear: 7328-7329, 7333-7334, Mitchiner ACW: 467-473 (Unattributed), Wroth BMC: p3,11,13; p4,27; p4,28 (Phriapatius & Phraates I); p5,30 (Phraates I?), Gardner: Pl. I:3,4&5 (Arsaces/Tiridates I), Petrowicz: p6,7 (Tiridates I)

parthia.com Specimens809

PDC361, 3464, 5904, 46822

Reign Datesc. 171 - 138 BCE

Sellwood Main Type10

Sellwood TypeSellwood 10.1

Sunrise AuthorityPhriapatius to Mithradates I; Phriapatius or Mithradates I

Sunrise ReferenceSunrise 254 (Phriapatius to Mithradates I); 255-256 (Phriapatius or Mithradates I); 257

Variantsvariant (legend), variant (retrograde letters in legend), variant (retrograde ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ), variant (ΑΣΑΚΥ in legend)

Examples in Museum Databases (1 specimen)

American Numismatic Society