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CU Tetradrachm - Unknown Late King
| Issuer | Indo-Parthian Kingdom |
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| Year | 200-250 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed bust of an unidentified late Indo-Parthian king facing left, rendered in low relief with long flowing hair and armoured shoulders. The effigy displays the characteristic Parthian artistic style with a prominent diadem tied at the back. The surfaces are worn and porous, consistent with a circulated bronze issue of the late period. No legible legend is visible in the field surrounding the royal portrait. |
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| Reverse description | Nike advancing to the right, depicted in a striding posture with schematically rendered wings and drapery, rendered in low and somewhat crude relief typical of late Indo-Parthian bronze coinage. The figure occupies the central field of the flan, which is irregular and somewhat clipped at the edges. The overall execution reflects the debased artistic quality characteristic of later issues from the Sistan region. No clearly legible Pahlavi inscription is discernible on this specimen. |
| Reverse script | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
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