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Drachm - Phraates III
| Issuer | Parthian Empire |
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| Year | 62 BC - 58 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, diademed bust of Phraates III facing left, rendered in the Hellenistic tradition with finely detailed curled hair and a full beard. The king wears an elaborately jewelled torque around the neck, its terminals ending in a pellet, and a richly ornamented cloak or cuirass decorated with pellets and floral motifs. The diadem ribbon falls behind the neck toward the lower field. The portrait displays the characteristic Parthian royal style, combining Hellenistic sculptural conventions with distinctly Iranian royal iconography. |
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| Reverse description | Arsaces I, the dynastic founder and divine ancestor, depicted as an archer seated right upon an omphalos throne, holding a strung bow horizontally in his extended right hand. The figure wears a bashlyk (soft cap) and Parthian dress. A Greek circular legend surrounds the central type, reading ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (King of Kings Arsaces, Benefactor, Just, Manifest, Friend of the Greeks). A control monogram appears in the field below the bow. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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