Tetradrachm

68-11-1

From: Iran

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 68-11-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Parthian | Seleucid
Provenience Iran
Creator Phraataces
Period Seleucid Period
Date Made 3 BCE-4 CE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Billon
Iconography Tyche | Wreath | King | Phraataces
Description

Crudely cast billon forgery of a Parthian billon tetradrachm of Phraataces (3 B.C. to A.D. 4)

Reverse: Date IT 313 years (from beginning of Seleucid era 312 B.C.)

Device: Tyche of Seleucia handing wreath to seated king.

Inser.: Basileos Basileon Arsakou Euergetou Dikaiou Epiphanous Philhellenos.

Obverse: Portrait of Phrastaces.

Outside Diameter 2.6 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1968

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