Drachm (Coin) Portraying King Mithridates II the Great of Parthia by Iranian
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Drachm (Coin) Portraying King Mithridates II the Great of Parthia

Iranian · 123-88 BCE Reign of King Mithridates II of Parthia

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Martin A. Ryerson (1856-1932), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1922.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • The Art Institute of Chicago, Power Struggles: Cleopatra's Relatives and Their Rivals, Gallery 155, November 2001 - 2007.
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, Gallery 152, Nov. 13, 2015 - Nov. 21, 2018.

Literature

Published references

  • Karen B. Alexander, "From Plaster to Stone: Ancient Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," in Karen Manchester, Recasting the Past: Collecting and Presenting Antiquities at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012), p.29.

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