Silver Coin “Drachm" Orodes II

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.