Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Bust of King Volagases IV

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Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying Bust of King Volagases IV

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Date
192-193
Medium
Silver
Culture
Iran
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
141477

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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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Gift of William F. Dunham
Provenance
William F. Dunham (1857-1936), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1920.

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AAT300037334

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