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Obol - Autophradates II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Persis |
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| Year | 150 BC - 100 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bearded male head facing right, wearing a causia (Macedonian-style flat-brimmed cap); an eagle is perched atop the headdress, rendered in profile. The portrait is executed in a bold, slightly archaic style characteristic of Persis coinage, with strongly modeled facial features visible in the field. |
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| Reverse script | Aramaic |
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Autophradates II ruled Persis as a semi-independent dynast under Seleucid and later Parthian suzerainty, issuing his own coinage in a region that had maintained Persian religious and cultural traditions long after Alexander's conquest. The fratarakas — the dynastic title held by rulers of Persis — occupied an ambiguous political position, nominally subordinate yet striking silver in their own name, a quiet assertion of local authority that the Parthians eventually moved to curtail.
The obol denomination places this among the smallest and least frequently recovered of the Persis series. Sunrise 577 is documented but genuinely scarce in the market.