Catalog
Æ Tetradrachm - Attambelos IV
| Issuer | Kingdom of Characene |
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| Year | 60-62 |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Characene, the semi-independent kingdom controlling the head of the Persian Gulf, owed its survival to careful navigation between Parthian overlordship and Roman commercial interests. Attambelos IV ruled during a period when Parthian authority under Vologases I was strained by a dynastic war with his brother Vardanes and simultaneous pressure from Rome over Armenia — circumstances that likely gave Characene's client rulers unusual latitude. This tetradrachm falls within that narrow window.
BMC Greek 5 is among the rarer attributions in the Characene series.