Coin of Gotarzes I. Reverse shows a seated archer holding a bow. The Greek inscription reads ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΡΟΥ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ ([Coin] of the great king Arsaces, god father, conqueror).

Another coin of Gotarzes I. British Museum. The British Museum is a Museum of human history and culture in London.

Gotarzes I of Parthia ruled parts of the Parthian Empire c. Parthia ( Middle Persian: اشکانیان Ashkâniân) was an Iranian civilization situated in the northeastern part of modern Iran 95–90 BC. Year 95 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Lucius Licinius Crassus and Year 90 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Lucius Julius Caesar and He was the grandson of Phriapatius and came to power during the troubled times around the end of the reign of Mithridates II. Phriapatius (or Priapatius) ruled the Parthian Empire from 191 BC to 176 BC Mithridates II (the Great was king of Parthia from 123 to 88 BC He is mentioned on some astronomical tablets from Babylon and appears to have reigned for some time in Babylonia. Babylon was a City-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which can be found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq Babylonia was an Amorite state in lower Mesopotamia (modern southern Iraq) with Babylon as its capital

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. Mithridates II (the Great was king of Parthia from 123 to 88 BC The following is a comprehensive list of kings of Persia, which includes all of the empires ruling over geographical Iran King Orodes I of Parthia ruled the Parthian Empire from c 90 to 80 BC in succession to Gotarzes I. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
• Strassmaier, Zeitschr. für Assyriologie, vi, 216.
• Mahler in Wiener Zeitschr. für Kunde des Morgenlands, xv, 63.