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Drachm - Artabanus IV
| Issuer | Parthian Empire |
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| Year | 212-224 |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Bust of Artabanus IV facing left, depicted in the late Parthian royal tradition with a heavily ornamented tiara adorned with rows of pellets and a prominent six-pointed star at the center front. The king wears a diadem with ribbon ends falling behind the neck, and elaborate scale or mail armor is visible at the shoulder. Long, flowing hair falls in stylized locks behind the neck and ear. The effigy is rendered in a slightly schematic late Arsacid style, set within a border of pellets encircling the entire flan. |
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| Reverse description | Arsaces I, the dynastic founder, seated in the traditional pose to the right on an omphalos throne, holding a strung bow in his extended right hand. The figure is rendered in the characteristic late Parthian schematic style. A multiline Aramaic inscription in Parthian script appears above and around the enthroned figure, with additional legend segments distributed in the field. The reverse legend in Greek capital letters surrounding the central type reads the full royal titulature. The scene is enclosed within a border of pellets. |
| Reverse script | Greek/Aramaic |
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