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Mithradates I and the Evolution of the Parthian Silver Drachm, obverseOBV
Mithradates I and the Evolution of the Parthian Silver Drachm, reverseREV
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Mithradates I and the Evolution of the Parthian Silver Drachm

An in-depth analysis of the silver drachms struck under the Parthian king Mithradates I, examining the typological transition from nomadic steppe attire to imperial Hellenistic royal portraiture, reverse iconography, epigraphic formulas, metrological standards, and ongoing chronological debates.