Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Bust of King Volagases IV

Art Institute of Chicago

Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Bust of King Volagases IV

Parthian

Date
192-193
Medium
Silver
Culture
Iran
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

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

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Object type
AAT300037334

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