Sellwood 9.1

Mithradates I · Drachma · 171 - 138 BCE

Date171 - 138 BCE

AuthorityMithradates I

DenominationDrachma

MaterialSilver

Average Size18–21mm, 3.9g (based on 6 examples)

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

Reverse LegendΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ

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

ANS Avg Weight (g)3.883

ANS DenominationsDrachma

ANS Diameter Range (mm)18-21

ANS Die Axis12

ANS MintsHecatompylos

ANS Obverse Imagehttps://numismatics.org/collectionimages/19001949/1944/1944.100.81999.obv.width350.jpg ↗

ANS Reverse Imagehttps://numismatics.org/collectionimages/19001949/1944/1944.100.81999.rev.width350.jpg ↗

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ANS Specimen IDs1944.100.81999, 1944.100.82000, 1944.100.82001, 1944.100.82002, 1944.100.82003, 1991.3.34

ANS Specimens6

ANS Weight Range (g)3.41-4.49

Other ReferencesSellwood 1971: 9, Shore: 7-11, 20, Sear: 7327, Mitchiner ACW: 464-466 (Unattributed), Wroth BMC: p2,3 (Tiridates I & son Arsaces), Gardner: (Arsaces/Tiridates I), Petrowicz: (Tiridates I)

parthia.com Specimens197

PDC2673, 4705, 21071, 34177

Reign Datesc. 171 - 138 BCE

Sellwood Main Type9

Sellwood TypeSellwood 9.1

Sunrise AuthorityPhriapatius to Mithradates I

Sunrise ReferenceSunrise 251-253 (Phriapatius to Mithradates I)

Variantsrev mule with S5.1 obv, variant (eastern imitation), variant (legend ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ on left), variant (monogram [Shore 100] below bow), variant (obv reel and pellet border), variant (retrograde ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, read from inside)

Examples in Museum Databases (1 specimen)

American Numismatic Society