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Drachm - Pacores Province of Sakastan
| Issuer | Indo-Parthian Kingdom |
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| Year | 100-135 |
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| Weight | 3.70 g |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (100-135) |
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Pacores of Sakastan remains one of the more obscure rulers in the Indo-Parthian succession, governing a region that had already passed through Saka, Parthian, and local dynastic hands before his tenure. Sakastan — modern Sistan, straddling eastern Iran and southwestern Afghanistan — was a frontier zone where Parthian authority thinned considerably, leaving local governors operating with near-regal autonomy. The drachm coinage issued from this province reflects that independence: weight standards and die execution diverge noticeably from metropolitan Parthian norms.
MIG 1078 places Pacores within a sequence of poorly-documented Sakastan rulers whose chronology is still contested by specialists.