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 - Phraates V and Musa
| Issuer | Parthian Empire |
|---|---|
| Year | 1 BC |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| 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) | Sellwood#58.4-6, Shore#323 |
| Obverse description | Diademed bust of Phraates V facing left, rendered in Hellenistic style with characteristic Parthian features including a wart on the brow, short hair, and a visible ear with earring. The king wears a spiral torque at the neck, and the diadem ends bear the regnal year date BIT corresponding to year 312 of the Seleucid Era. A flying Nike appears in the field before the bust, and the legend BASILEOS BASILEON (King of Kings) is disposed in two lines flanking the portrait. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ |
| Reverse description | Bust of Queen Musa facing right, depicted wearing an elaborate tiara adorned with a double loop, her portrait executed in a Hellenistic court style befitting her status as co-ruler. A flying Nike appears in the field before the bust, and the diadem ends contain the abbreviated month name XAN (Xandikos, corresponding to April/May AD 1, read from the outside). A four-line Greek inscription encircling the design reads THEAS OURANIAS MOUSES BASILISSES, identifying the queen as the Heavenly Goddess Musa, Queen. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| 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 |