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Drachm - Phraates III
| Issuer | Parthian Empire |
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| Year | 70 BC - 57 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm (247 BC-224 AD) |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Phraates III, diademed, with long curled hair falling to the shoulders and a full beard, rendered in a distinctive frontal portrait style characteristic of late Parthian coinage. The king wears a jewelled diadem and a draped garment adorned at the neckline with a beaded necklace suspending a circular medallion. The facial features are finely modelled with individualistic detail, conveying a portrait of regal authority. The broad flan exhibits a radiating fabric texture in the field surrounding the effigy. |
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| Reverse description | The archer-king Arsaces I depicted seated right upon an omphalos throne, his body turned to the right, drawing a strung bow held at arm's length. The figure wears traditional Parthian dress. A monogram appears beneath the bow in the lower field. The entire design is encircled by a beaded border within which the lengthy Greek dynastic titulature is arranged in multiple lines surrounding the central type, filling the field with dense inscription. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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