Art Institute of Chicago
Drachm (Coin) Portraying King Phraates IV
Persian; Parthia
- Date
- 38-2 BCE
- Medium
- Silver
- Culture
- Khorasan
- Department
- Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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.
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- Object type
- AAT300037334
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