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Drachm - Nambed
| Issuer | Persis, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 60-85 |
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| Reference(s) | Alram#605, Sunrise#631 |
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| Reverse description | A prominent eight-pointed star set within a crescent moon occupies the central field, both rendered in bold hammered relief against a plain ground. The crescent opens upward, cradling the star, a recurrent celestial motif on Persis coinage associated with dynastic and religious symbolism. Flame-like or vegetal decorative elements radiate around the periphery of the flan, consistent with the artistic conventions of the Persis series. |
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| Mintage | ND (60-85) |
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Nambed ruled Persis as a vassal under Parthian suzerainty, and his coinage reflects the diminished but persistent ambition of the local Frataraka tradition — kings who styled themselves heirs to Achaemenid authority long after the dynasty had collapsed. The Persis series is among the most challenging of all Iranian coinages to attribute precisely, with overlapping reign dates and die progressions that scholars including Alram have revised repeatedly. Sunrise 631 and Alram 605 place this issue within a narrow window of production, but the exact sequence among Nambed's emissions remains contested.