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Æ Drachm - Ubouzanes
| Issuer | Indo-Parthian Kingdom |
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| Year | 25-50 |
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| Currency | Drachm (12 BC-225 AD) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and bearded bust of king Ubouzanes facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic tradition typical of Indo-Parthian coinage. The effigy displays crude but characteristic workmanship, with the king's hair and beard rendered in stylized strokes. The flan is irregular, as is common for hammered bronze issues of this series. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Ubouzanes is among the most obscure rulers in the Indo-Parthian succession, known almost entirely through his coinage rather than any surviving written record. His exact position in the dynastic sequence remains disputed — some scholars place him as a local subordinate king operating in Seistan or the broader Arachosia region, issuing bronze for purely local circulation while the main Gondopharid line controlled silver production further east.
The lightweight of surviving examples like this one suggests regional weight standards rather than adherence to any imperial norm — a detail that reinforces the hypothesis of a semi-autonomous mint with limited central oversight.