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Hemidrachm - Manchihr II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Persis |
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| Year | 130-160 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and bearded bust of Manuchtir II (Manchihr II) facing left, wearing a Parthian-style tiara adorned with a pellet-in-crescent device. The effigy displays finely rendered facial hair and regal headgear characteristic of the dynastic portraiture of Persis. Aramaic inscription appears in the right field. The bust is rendered in the Parthian artistic tradition, with draped shoulders visible at the truncation. |
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| Reverse description | Diademed and bearded bust of a royal ancestor or dynastic predecessor facing left, rendered in a schematic Parthian style consistent with the votive reverse types common to the coinage of Persis. The portrait displays a flowing beard and simple diadem, set within a plain field typical of hammered silver issues of this kingdom. The composition is uncluttered, emphasizing the dynastic continuity expressed through ancestral portraiture. |
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Manchihr II ruled Persis as a vassal under Parthian suzerainty, and the hemidrachm denominations from his reign circulated within a region that the Arsacid empire never fully absorbed administratively — local dynastic coinage persisted here long after neighboring territories had been absorbed into Parthian monetary systems. Alram 635 and Sunrise 631 place this type within a relatively narrow attribution window, though the precise regnal chronology of the later Persis dynasts remains contested among specialists.