Mithradates: Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum: New Ork-paris-london-vienna-tehran-berlin (2) (Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 520)

The second volume of "Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum" examines the history and culture of the reign of Mithradates II (c. 122/1?91 BC), who consolidated and expanded the Parthian state. In addition to his coinage, the present volume draws on other primary sources, such as cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia, in order to illuminate an otherwise poorly known and documented period of ancient Iranian history. This publication by Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis, Alexandra Magub, Elizabeth J. Pendleton and Edward C. D. Hopkins is an essential tool not just for numismatists, but also for historians and art historians, presenting various aspects of Parthian coinage: chronology, mint identification, the iconography within a broader Iranian context, typology and metrology. The catalogue offers a complete record of coin production under Mithradates II, illustrating and describing 1,996 coins from leading international institutions and other sources. Cover Preliminaries CONTENTS FOREWORD I. INTRODUCTION I.1 GENERAL REMARKS I.2 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW II. NUMISMATIC STUDY II.1 COMPONENTS OF THE COINAGE II.2 METROLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION III. TYPOLOGY III.1 INTRODUCTION: ORGANISATION AND USAGE GUIDE III.2 TYPOLOGY KEY (QUICK LOOK-UP) III.3 BASIC TYPOLOGY IV. TYPE SYNCHRONOGRAM IV.1 RECONSTRUCTION OF THE COIN PRODUCTION IV.2 TETRADRACHMS: MINTS OF SELEUCIA-ON-THE-TIGRIS & SUSA IV.3 DRACHMS: MINT OF ECBATANA IV.4 DRACHMS: MINT OF RHAGAE IV.5 DRACHMS: MINT OF ARSACIA IV.6 DRACHMS: MISCELLANEOUS MINTS IV.7 BRONZES: PRINCIPAL ROYAL MINTS IV.8 BRONZES: MINT OF SUSA IV.9 BRONZES: CHARAX SPASINOU, NINEVEH & ANOMALOUS MINTS V. CATALOGUE V.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE CATALOGUE V.2 ABBREVIATIONS V.3 CATALOGUE VI. BIBLIOGRAPHY VII. APPENDICES VII.1 SELLWOOD 1980 TO SNP 2 CONCORDANCE VII.2 METROLOGY: SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL VII.3 MANDALI HOARD (IGCH 1813) VII.4 COLLECTIONS AND OTHER SOURCES