Catalog
Tetradrachm - Apodakos
| Issuer | Characene, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 124 BC - 104 BC |
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| Obverse description | Diademed bust of King Apodakos facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic tradition with wavy hair swept back beneath a royal diadem, the ends of which fall behind the neck. The portrait displays a short beard and strong facial features characteristic of the Characenian royal coinage. The flan is slightly irregular, as typical of hammered issues of this period and region. |
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| Reverse description | Herakles seated to left upon a rocky outcrop, nude, with his lion skin draped beneath him, holding his club resting across his knee in the conventional Seleucid-derived type. A monogram appears in the outer left field, and a regnal date is inscribed in the exergue. The Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΠΟΔΑΚΟΥ surrounds the figure, identifying the issuing monarch. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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