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A work made of silver.

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Bust of King Volagases IV

192-193

Parthian

Iran

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays King Volagases IV, his forehead bound in a type of headband called a fillet. Above this, his hair is depicted as rows of dots.
On the back (reverse) the goddess Tyche presents a wreath to the king, who is seated on a high backed throne

Silver

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium