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Drachm - Vardanes II Ecbatana
| Issuer | Parthian Empire |
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| Year | 55-58 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Ecbatana |
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Vardanes II is one of the most historically elusive Parthian rulers — his reign lasted perhaps three years, contested and poorly documented, during a period of near-continuous dynastic infighting among Arsacid claimants. Ecbatana, the old Median capital and summer residence of the Arsacid kings, served as a secondary mint whose output for this reign is considerably thinner than Seleucia-on-the-Tigris.
The Sellwood 69.13 attribution places this coin within a tightly defined group distinguished by specific celator style and die axis. The "var." notation against GCV 5807 suggests a minor die difference — not unusual for a mint producing at low volume under an unstable administration.