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Drachm - Phraates V with Musa

Issuer Parthian Empire
Year 1-4
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Value Drachm (1)
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Obverse description Diademed and draped bust of Phraates V facing left, wearing a tiara adorned with a row of pellets and decorated with a star; the king's beard is rendered in rows of pellets in the characteristic Parthian style. A small figure of Queen Musa stands to the left in the field, and a royal wart (nævus) is visible on the forehead. A monogram or control mark appears to the right in the field. The portrait is executed in the late Parthian artistic tradition, combining Hellenistic conventions with distinctly Iranian iconographic elements.
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Reverse description Draped bust of Queen Musa facing left, wearing a stephane crown decorated with pellets, with an elaborate coiled hair arrangement. A pearl necklace adorns her neck, and she is depicted in a refined Hellenistic-influenced style. The mint mark letter A (for Ecbatana) appears in the lower left field. A circular dotted border frames the design, with the Greek dedicatory legend distributed around the periphery of the coin.
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