PHRAATES II., the son of the preceding, was attacked by Antiochus
VII. (Sidetes), who defeated Phraates in three great battles, but was at length conquered by
him, and lost his life in battle, B. C. 128. [See p. 199, a.]
Phraates soon met with the same fate. The Scythians, who had been invited by Antiochus to
assist him against Phraates, did not arrive till after the fall of the former; but in the
battle which followed, the Greeks whom Phraates had taken in the war against Antiochus. and
whom he now kept in his service, deserted from him, and revenged the illtreatment they had
suffered, by the death of Phraates and the destruction of his army. (Justin, 38.10, 42.1.) The reverse of the annexed
coin has the inscription ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΕΓΑΛΟΥ
ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΘΕΟΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ ΝΙΚΑΤΟΡΟΣ.