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Tetradrachm - Attambelos I Charax-Spasinou
| Issuer | Kingdom of Characene (Mesopotamia) |
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| Year | 43 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Charax-Spasinou |
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Attambelos I founded Characene as a client kingdom under Parthian suzerainty, ruling from the port city of Charax Spasinou at the head of the Persian Gulf — a hub for the overland and maritime trade routes connecting the Mediterranean world to India. His tetradrachms follow the reduced Attic standard that had become conventional in the Seleucid successor states, a practical concession to regional commerce rather than any assertion of independence from broader monetary norms.
BMC Greek 5 is among the better-documented pieces from this obscure dynasty, whose coinage record is thin enough that individual specimens frequently appear in scholarly discussions of Parthian-era vassal kingdoms.