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Tetradrachm - Apodakos

发行方 Characene, Kingdom of
年份 124 BC - 104 BC
类型 Standard circulation coin
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正面描述 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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背面描述 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.
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Characene was a semi-independent kingdom established in the marshy delta region where the Tigris and Euphrates met the Persian Gulf, nominally subject to Parthian overlordship but functionally autonomous during periods of Arsacid dynastic instability. Apodakos — whose name may carry Iranian etymology — ruled during precisely such a window, issuing tetradrachms in the tradition of Seleucid monetary practice long after Seleucid power had collapsed in the region.

The Sunrise reference places this among a tightly catalogued group; Characene coinage remained poorly systematized until the Sunrise Collection sale of 2012 effectively became the field's working reference.