Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Tetradrachm - Artabanus I
| Issuer | Parthian Empire |
|---|---|
| Year | 125 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Bust of Artabanus I facing right, depicted as a bearded ruler wearing a distinctive Parthian helmet ornamented with scale or basketwork pattern and a diadem. The effigy shows the king in three-quarter armour with a torque at the neck and dotted gorget visible at the truncation. The portrait is rendered in a vigorous Hellenistic style with carefully articulated beard and strong facial features. The field to the left contains a bow in a bowcase (gorytus), a characteristic Parthian dynastic emblem. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΘΕ ΡΠΖ (Translation: King Arsaces, God. [Date] 187 SE) |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |