Mithradates II of Parthia (king of Parthia, 124-91 BCE)

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Mithridates II was king of the Parthian Empire from 124 to 91 BC. He was known as "Mithridates the Great" in antiquity. He was the first Arsacid monarch to regularly use the title "King of Kings", thus stressing the association of the ruling Parthian dynasty with the Persian Achaemenid Empire.

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27907 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Mithradates II) (tetradrachm bust of the king/seated archer) over uncertain Seleucid (Antiochus) type (Numismatica Ars Classica, 84, May 2015, 1586) Mithradates II CNG, 108, 16 May 2018, lot 402.jpg Silver 120 BC JL
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