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A work made of silver.

Drachm (Coin) Portraying King Phraates IV

38-2 BCE

Persian; Parthia

Khorasan

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the Parthian King Phraates IV, facing left.

On the back (reverse) the legendary founder of the Parthian empire, King Arsaces, is portrayed as a kneeling archer in a field of Greek text.

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium