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Drachm - Phraates V
| Issuer | Parthian Empire |
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| Year | 2 BC - 4 AD |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed bust of Phraates V facing left, rendered in the distinctive Parthian court style. A star-in-crescent symbol appears before the portrait in the field. Behind the bust, a Nike figure strides left, extending a wreath toward the king. The diadem ends are visible trailing behind the head. The portrait exhibits the characteristic Parthian artistic convention of a slightly stylized royal effigy. |
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| Mintage | ND (2 BC - 4 AD) |
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Phraates V — known to ancient sources as Phraataces — came to power by murdering his own father, Phraates IV, with the help of his mother Musa, an Italian slave-girl Augustus had sent east as a diplomatic gift. The two then married, a union that scandalized even Parthian court sensibilities and eventually drove the nobility to expel them both around 4 AD.
Sellwood 56.14 falls within the tighter chronological bracket of his short reign, struck at the Mithradatkart mint.