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Tetradrachm - Arsaces XVI
| Issuer | Parthian Empire |
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| Year | 78 BC - 62 BC |
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| Weight | 15.96 g |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of the Parthian king facing left, wearing a distinctive tiara adorned with a row of pellets along the upper edge and a diadem tied at the rear. The king bears a full, curled beard and long wavy hair falling to the shoulder, rendered with fine linear detail characteristic of late Parthian die-engraving. He is clad in a torque-decorated garment with a studded or beaded neckline, suggesting royal or military attire. The flan edge is bordered by a beaded circle. The portrait is executed in the Hellenistic tradition adapted to Parthian stylistic conventions. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Arsaces I, the dynastic founder, depicted seated right on an omphalos throne, holding a strung bow in his right hand, within a beaded circular border that is itself enclosed within a vine or ivy wreath border filling the entire reverse field. A control mark appears in the upper central field. The Greek royal legend is inscribed in two lines above the central scene. The composition follows the established Parthian tetradrachm reverse type, combining dynastic reverence with Hellenistic artistic conventions as struck at Seleucia on the Tigris. |
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