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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