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Drachm - Uncertain king I
| Issuer | Persis, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 140 BC - 100 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of an unidentified ruler facing right, displaying a short curly beard and wearing a diadem tied at the back; the head is surmounted by a kyrbasia (Achaemenid-style soft cap) crowned by an eagle finial. A crescent device is visible on the rear of the kyrbasia. The portrait is rendered in the regional Hellenistic-influenced style characteristic of Persid dynastic coinage of the late second century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Persis kingdom persisted as a semi-autonomous dynastic enclave within the Parthian sphere long after the Seleucid collapse, and its local rulers — many of whom remain unidentified by name — issued coinages that deliberately echoed Achaemenid religious and royal traditions centuries after that empire's fall. The attribution "Uncertain king I" reflects genuine scholarly disagreement, not a cataloging gap; Alram's work remains the primary framework for sequencing these rulers, but the absence of contemporary written records means the sequence rests almost entirely on die linkage and hoard evidence.