Chalkous - Artabanos

Aversbeschreibung	Draped bust of the king facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic tradition, enclosed within a beaded border. The portrait exhibits the characteristic Armenian-Iranian royal style of the early Sophene period, with the subject wearing what appears to be a soft cap or tiara. The flan is irregular and the strike somewhat weak, consistent with early hammered provincial bronze coinage. No legend is present on the obverse.
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Reversbeschreibung	Standing deity depicted facing, rendered in a Hellenistic style, likely Zeus or a syncretized local divinity, holding attributes in each hand, possibly a sceptre and a patera or thunderbolt. The figure stands in a frontal pose with drapery falling to the feet. A Greek royal legend, partially legible, surrounds the field, reading [ΒAΣIΛEΩΣ] APTABA[NOY], identifying this as a coin of King Artabanos of Sophene. The strike is weak in places, obscuring portions of both the figure and the inscription.
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Auflage	ND (300 BC - 275 BC)
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