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Hemidrachm - Nambed
| Issuer | Persis, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 60-85 |
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| Value | Hemidrachm (1/2) |
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| Reverse description | Standing figure of the king facing right in the central field, rendered in a frontal-body, profile-head stance typical of Persis reverse types. A prominent star within a crescent appears to the right of the figure, a recurring astral symbol on coins of this dynasty. Aramaic legends encircle the design within a beaded border, identifying the ruler. The engraving style is characteristic of the hammered coinage of the late Persis kingdom. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Nambed ruled Persis as a vassal under Parthian suzerainty, and his coinage reflects the diminished status of the kingdom by this period — local dynasts issuing fractional silver rather than the fuller denominations of earlier Persis rulers. Alram 601 and Sunrise 624 both place this type within a sequence that shows progressive stylistic degradation from the finer work of the first century BC.