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Drachm - Ubouzanes
| Issuer | Indo-Parthian Kingdom |
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| Year | 25-50 |
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| Reference(s) | Senior#259.1 |
| Obverse description | Bearded royal bust facing left, wearing an elaborate tiara adorned with a crescent and foliate ornaments, with diadem ties falling behind the neck. The effigy displays a short beard and is rendered in the Parthian artistic tradition. A dynastic tamgha symbol appears in the right field. The entire design is enclosed within a dotted border. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Ubouzanes is one of the more obscure Indo-Parthian rulers, his coinage attested in only a handful of references and his precise relationship to the Gondopharid dynastic line still debated among specialists. Senior 259.1 places him within a narrow mid-first-century window, but the chronology rests on typological comparison rather than any firm epigraphic anchor.
The silver content of surviving examples varies noticeably, reflecting the Indo-Parthian tendency to strike from locally sourced bullion of inconsistent purity rather than a centrally controlled standard.