Description
Original silver coin "Drachm" from I century.
Parthian King Orodes II 56-38 BC Drachm. Coin set on sterling silver handcrafted surrounding
structure. Necklace made of sterling silver. Coin in silver.
Chain length : 54cm
Coin diameter : 2cm
Made in Georgia
Orodes II (also spelled Urud II), was King of Kings of the Parthian Empire from 57 BC to 37
BC. He was a son of Phraates III, whom he murdered in 57 BC, assisted by his elder
brother Mithridates IV. The two brothers quickly fell out and entered into a dynastic struggle, in
which Orodes was triumphant.
Coinage under Orodes remained largely unchanged. The obverse of his coins portrays him
with short hair and beard, along with a visible moustache. According to the modern
historian Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, the portrait greatly resembles the Shami statue, discovered
in the Bakhtiari mountains in southwestern Iran; it is currently stored in the National Museum
of Iran in Tehran.
The reverse depict a seated archer wearing a soft cap (bashlyk) and sitting on a throne. Curtis
notes its close resemblance to the thrones of the Achaemenid monarchs portrayed on the rock reliefs at Persepolis.