Parthian Empire

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The Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD), also known as the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran. It was formed in the mid-3rd century B.C. when Arsaces I rebelled against the Seleucid Empire. The Parthians were Rome's chief rival in the east for three centuries until the empire's eventual collapse in A.D. 224 when Shapur of Persis revolted and formed a new Sasanian dynasty in the Middle East and Persia.

Die Studies
Item Image MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made. WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
S 1691 - Parthia (uncertain mint) (Pacorus II), silver, drachms (78-120 CE) Silver 24,834 kg
S 1392 - Ecbatana (Osroes II), silver, drachms (190-191 CE) Silver 3,419 kg
S 1393 - Ecbatana (Vologases V), silver, drachms (191-208 CE) Silver 2,574 kg
S 1363 - Ecbatana (Mithridates III), silver, drachms (87-80 BCE) Silver 1,021 kg
S 1377 - Ecbatana (Gotarzes II), silver, drachms (40-51 CE) Silver 2,247 kg
S 1375 - Ecbatana (Artabanus II), silver, drachms (10-41 CE) Silver 4,778 kg
S 1361 - Ecbatana (Phraates III), silver, drachms (70-57 BCE) Silver 1,948 kg
S 1371 - Ecbatana (Phraates IV), silver, drachms (38-2 BCE) Silver 9,201 kg
S 1374 - Ecbatana (Vonones I), silver, drachms (8-12 CE) Silver 805 kg
S 1394 - Ecbatana (Vologases VI), silver, drachms (208-228 CE) Silver 5,022 kg
S 1345 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), silver, drachms (145-138 BCE) Silver 2,808 kg
S 1346 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), silver, obols (148-138 BCE) Silver 86 kg
S 1354 - Ecbatana (Phraates II), silver, drachms (138-127 BCE) Silver 1,217 kg
S 1359 - Ecbatana (Darius I), silver, drachms (75-65 BCE) Silver 2,415 kg
S 1355 - Ecbatana (Phraates II), bronze, dichalkoi (138-127 BCE) Bronze
S 1360 - Ecbatana (Darius I), bronze (75-65 BCE) Bronze
S 1362 - Ecbatana (Phraates III), bronze (70-57 BCE) Bronze
S 1364 - Ecbatana (Mithridates III), bronze (87-80 BCE) Bronze
S 1366 - Ecbatana (Orodes II), silver, diobols (57-38 BCE) Silver 51 kg
S 1367 - Ecbatana (Orodes II), silver, obols (57-38 BCE) Silver 36 kg
S 1368 - Ecbatana (Orodes II), bronze (57-38 BCE) Bronze
S 1372 - Ecbatana (Phraates V), silver, drachms (2 BCE-4 CE) Silver 2,408 kg
S 1373 - Ecbatana (Phraates V), silver, drachms (2 BCE-4 CE) Silver 2,333 kg
S 1380 - Ecbatana (Vardanes II), silver, drachms (55-58 CE) Silver 1,177 kg
S 1391 - Ecbatana (Vologases IV), silver, drachms (147-191 BCE) Silver 4,282 kg
S 1347 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), bronze, octochalka (148-138 BCE) Bronze
S 1348 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), bronze, tetrachalka (148-144 BCE) Bronze
S 1353 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), bronze, chalkoi (145-138 BCE) Bronze
S 1350 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), bronze, dichalka (148-144 BCE) Bronze
S 1349 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), bronze, tetrachalka (145-138 BCE) Bronze
S 1351 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), bronze, dichalka (145-138 BCE) Bronze
S 1352 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), bronze, chalkoi (145-138 BCE) Bronze
S 1381 - Ecbatana (Pacorus II), silver, drachms (78-105 CE) Silver 3,699 kg
S 1383 - Ecbatana (Pacorus II), silver, diobols (78-105 CE) Silver 58 kg
S 1384 - Ecbatana (Vologases II), silver, drachms (77-80 CE) Silver 797 kg
S 1385 - Ecbatana (Artabanus II), silver, drachms (80-81 CE) Silver 1,344 kg
S 1386 - Ecbatana (Osroes I), silver, drachms (109-129 CE) Silver 291 kg
S 1387 - Ecbatana (Vologases III), silver, drachms (105-147 CE) Silver 6,354 kg
S 1388 - Ecbatana (Parthamaspates), silver, drachms (116-117 CE) Silver 1,669 kg
S 1389 - Ecbatana (Mithridates IV), silver, drachms (129-140 CE) Silver 5,133 kg
S 1390 - Ecbatana (Mithridates IV), bronze (129-140 CE) Bronze
S 1910 - Parthia (uncertain mint) (Andragoras), gold, staters (245-238 BCE) Gold 4,335 kg
Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Tiridates), silver, tetradrachms (bust of the king/seated king and standing Tyche) (26 BCE) Silver 97,411 kg
S 1395 - Ecbatana (Artabanus IV), silver, drachms (216-224 CE) Silver 1,981 kg
Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Artabanus II), silver, tetradrachms (Artabanus/Artabanus on horseback receiving palm from Tyche) (27 CE) Billon 12,738 kg
Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV), silver, tetradrachms (Phraates IV/seated king receiving a palm from Tyche) (28-23 BCE) Silver 194,298 kg
Overstriking coins
Item Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made. DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
3286 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over uncertain type (Spink, 9008, March 2009, 344) Billon AD 10 JL
2812 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV/Musa) (Peus, 388, Nov. 2006, 546) Billon AD 8 JL
3110 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV) (tetradrachm bust of the king/Seated king and Tyche) over Antony and Cleopatra (Cleopatra/Antony) (Allote de la Fuÿe 1904, 3) Silver 33 BC JL
2672 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm bust of the king/Nike) over Phraates IV (bust of the king/king and Tyche) (Allote de la Fuÿe 1904, 6) Billon AD 11 JL
3134 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV) (tetradrachm bust of the king/king and Tyche) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Tiridates I) (New York Sale, 34, Jan. 2015, 301) Billon 38 BC JL
2687 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, 102, May 2016, 695) Billon AD 10 JL
3606 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, EA 391, Febr. 2017, 335) Billon AD 10 JL
2747 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (New York Sale, 34, Jan. 2015, 307) Billon AD 11 JL
2626 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (Triton XX, Jan. 2017, 426) Billon AD 11 JL
3340 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, EA 377, June 2016, 184) Billon AD 9 JL
2647 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, EA 372, Apr. 2016, 198) Billon AD 8 JL
3458 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, EA 397, May 2017, 265) Billon AD 11 JL
2816 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) ( CNG, EA 397, May 2017, 264) Billon AD 8 JL
2867 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (Baldwin, 96, Sept. 2015, 3121) Billon AD 11 JL
3045 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (The New York Sale, XXXVII, Jan. 2016, 174) Billon AD 8 JL
3358 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, EA 391, 15 Feb. 2017, 334) Billon AD 11 JL
2625 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (Triton, VII, Jan. 2004, 473) Billon AD 10 JL
2649 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, EA 377, June 2016, 185) Billon AD 11 JL
2632 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, 102, May 2016, 696) Billon AD 8 JL
2635 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, MBS 67, Sept. 2004, 989) Billon AD 9 JL
27490 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (Gorny & Mosch, 134, Oct. 2004, 1624) Billon AD 11 JL
3768 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Gotarzes) (tetradrachm Gotarzes/Nike) over uncertain type (Münzen & Medaillen, 44, Nov. 2016, 223) Silver AD 47 JL
2702 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vardanes I) (tetradrachm Vardanes/seated Vardanes and Tyche) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 386, Nov. 2016, 400) Silver AD 44 JL
2735 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vardanes I) (tetradrachm Vardanes/seated Vardanes & Tyche) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 391, Febr. 2017, 338) Silver AD 43 JL
2745 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Orodes II) (tetradrachm Orodes/seated Orodes & Tyche) over uncertain type (Allotte de la Fuÿe 1904, 2) Silver 57 BC JL
2606 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Orodes II) (tetradrachm Orodes/seated Orodes & Tyche) over uncertain type (Triton, XIII, Jan. 2010, 635) Silver 57 BC JL
25578 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (unknown Parthian king) (tetradrachm Arsaces/enthroned archer) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 289, Oct. 2022, 577) Silver 78 BC JL
2718 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (interregnal Parthian king) (tetradrachm long bearded head/Tyche) over Charax Spasinou (Hyspaosines) (Hyspaosines/Heracles) (Triton, IV, Dec. 2000, 326) Silver 127 BC JL
2754 - Hecatompylus (Mithridates I) (drachm head left/seated archer) over Bactria (uncertain mint) (Eucratides I) (Eucratides/pilei of Dioscuri) (CNG, 105, May, 2017, 472) Silver 171 BC JL
2610 - Ecbatana (Phraataces & Musa) (drachma Phraataces/Musa) over uncertain type (Triton, III, Nov.-Dec. 1999, 673) Silver 2 BC JL
27896 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV) (tetradrachm bust of the king/king and Tyche) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Tiridates I) (bust of the king/king and Tyche) (Leu Numismatik, EA 28, Dec. 2023, 1892) Billon 24 BC JL
27899 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV) (tetradrachm bust of the king/king and Tyche) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 124, Oct. 2005, 128) Billon 38 BC JL
27902 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV) (tetradrachm bust of the king/king and Tyche) over uncertain type (Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), World CCO II, Sept. 2024, 76030) Billon 38 BC JL
27904 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV) (tetradrachm bust of the king/king and Tyche) over uncertaain type (Allotte de la Fuÿe 1904, 4) Billon 25 BC JL
27907 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Mithradates II) (tetradrachm bust of the king/seated archer) over uncertain Seleucid (Antiochus) type (Numismatica Ars Classica, 84, May 2015, 1586) Silver 120 BC JL
31378 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Orodes II) (tetradrachm Orodes/seated Orodes nicephorus) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, EA 311, Apr. 2025, 144) Silver 57 BC JL
31381 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Orodes II) (tetradrachm Orodes/seated Orodes nicephorus) over uncertain type (Leu, EA 25, March 2023, 1105) Silver 57 BC JL
Overstruck coins
Item Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made. DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
3286 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over uncertain type (Spink, 9008, March 2009, 344) Billon AD 10 JL
2812 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV/Musa) (Peus, 388, Nov. 2006, 546) Billon AD 8 JL
2672 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm bust of the king/Nike) over Phraates IV (bust of the king/king and Tyche) (Allote de la Fuÿe 1904, 6) Billon AD 11 JL
3134 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV) (tetradrachm bust of the king/king and Tyche) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Tiridates I) (New York Sale, 34, Jan. 2015, 301) Billon 38 BC JL
2687 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, 102, May 2016, 695) Billon AD 10 JL
3606 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, EA 391, Febr. 2017, 335) Billon AD 10 JL
2747 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (New York Sale, 34, Jan. 2015, 307) Billon AD 11 JL
2626 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (Triton XX, Jan. 2017, 426) Billon AD 11 JL
3340 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, EA 377, June 2016, 184) Billon AD 9 JL
2647 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, EA 372, Apr. 2016, 198) Billon AD 8 JL
3458 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, EA 397, May 2017, 265) Billon AD 11 JL
2816 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) ( CNG, EA 397, May 2017, 264) Billon AD 8 JL
2867 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (Baldwin, 96, Sept. 2015, 3121) Billon AD 11 JL
3045 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (The New York Sale, XXXVII, Jan. 2016, 174) Billon AD 8 JL
3358 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, EA 391, 15 Feb. 2017, 334) Billon AD 11 JL
2625 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (Triton, VII, Jan. 2004, 473) Billon AD 10 JL
2649 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, EA 377, June 2016, 185) Billon AD 11 JL
2632 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, 102, May 2016, 696) Billon AD 8 JL
2635 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces/Musa) (CNG, MBS 67, Sept. 2004, 989) Billon AD 9 JL
27490 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraataces & Musa) (Phraataces/Musa) (Gorny & Mosch, 134, Oct. 2004, 1624) Billon AD 11 JL
27896 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV) (tetradrachm bust of the king/king and Tyche) over Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Tiridates I) (bust of the king/king and Tyche) (Leu Numismatik, EA 28, Dec. 2023, 1892) Billon 24 BC JL
Parthian Empire Nomisma.org
TypeType of authority. ᵖ Dynasty/Kingdom/Empire
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