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Drachm - Arsaces I Nisa
| Issuer | Parthian Empire |
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| Year | 247 BC - 211 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A youthful, beardless archer — identified as Arsaces I — seated left upon a backless throne, wearing a bashlyk and a draped cloak. The figure holds a strung bow horizontally in the left hand, an iconographic motif emblematic of the early Parthian dynastic coinage. The design is enclosed by a circular border of pellets, and a two-line Greek inscription occupies the field, reading ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ, meaning 'of Arsaces, the Autocrat.' |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Nisa |
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