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Drachm - Ardakhshir IV
| Issuer | Persis, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 170-200 |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed bearded bust of Artaxerxes IV (Ardakhshir IV) facing left, with hair gathered in a bunch above the head. A monogram (x) appears to the left of the bust in the field. The portrait exhibits the characteristic late Persis dynastic style with finely rendered facial hair and diadem ribbons trailing behind. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ardakhshir IV ruled Persis as a vassal king under Parthian suzerainty during the late second century, one of the last dynasts of a line stretching back to the Achaemenid satraps. The Persis kings maintained their own coinage long after Alexander's conquest — a deliberate act of regional identity that the Arsacid Parthians, preoccupied with Rome in the west, largely tolerated. Alram 651 is among the scarcer attributed types in the series, with surviving specimens thin enough that die studies remain incomplete.