Tetradrachm - Artabanus I Seleucia on the Tigris

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正面文字	Greek
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背面描述	Arsakes I, the deified dynastic founder, seated facing right on an omphalos or throne, rendered in Hellenistic style with draped garments. He holds a bow in his extended right hand, a standard Arsacid dynastic emblem signifying royal and martial authority. The Greek legend ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ is inscribed vertically in two columns flanking the central figure, reading to the right and left respectively. A control mark or mint symbol appears in the lower exergue area beneath the throne. The composition closely follows the established iconographic canon of Parthian tetradrachms struck at Seleucia on the Tigris.
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附加信息	Artabanus I ruled briefly and violently — his reign ended around 124 BC when he died from wounds sustained fighting the Tochari, nomadic invaders pressing in from the northeast. The Tochari incursions devastated the early Parthian east and killed two successive kings, Phraates II and then Artabanus himself. Coins struck at Seleucia during his reign are consequently scarce, the mint's output interrupted by the instability of a kingdom fighting for survival on multiple frontiers simultaneously.

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