Coins from the Parthian Empire

The name "Persia" (in ancient persian: Pārsa) has been for a long time used to refer to the nation of modern Iran, their own people and own ancient empires. It is defined as "Great Persia" the territory that had a significant cultural influence and historical importanc; this includes not only Iran, but also the current republics of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, the regions of the Caucasus, western Asia, central Asia and parts of southern Asia, until India and China. It has been ruled from the 6th century BC to the 7th century AD by various imperial dynasties, such as the Achaemenids, the Macedonians, the Seleucids, the Parthians, and the Sasanians, up to the Islamic rising and the Arab Caliphates. Around 550 BC King Cyrus II of Persia, known as Cyrus the Great, founded the Achaemenid dynasty. Between 522 and 486 BC King Darius I brought the Empire to its greatest extension establishing a precise administrative and financial structure, dividing it into satrapies (Persian provinces). The decline of the Empire occurred in 330 BC with the defeat of Darius III by Alexander the Great. The empire of Alexander shattered after his death and one of his general, Seleucus I, seized part of it. Thus the Seleucid dynasty began. This dynasty gradually lost the control of Persia and around 247 BC the Arsacid dynasty conquered Partia and founded the Parthian Empire. In 224 AD, following the fall of the Parthian Empire, Ardashir I established the Sasanian empire. It was the last pre-Islamic Persian empire. In fact, it was conquered by Rashidun Caliphate (one of the firsts Islamic states). Several cities continued to resist against the Islamic authority, but around 651 AD most of its territory was annexed to the Islamic caliphate, thus completing the fall of this empire.
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Drachm (247 BC-224 AD)

AR Tetradrachm (4) - AR Drachm (1) - AR Hemidrachm (½) - AE Tetrachalkous (¹⁄₁₆) - AE Dichalkous (¹⁄₂₄) - AE Chalkous (¹⁄₄₈)

Chalkous - Mithradates I (Sellwood Type 8.2 - Hekatompylos)
(171 BC - 138 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.78 g • ⌀ 15 mm
Sellwood# 8.2, N# 275441
Chalkous - Phraates II (Sellwood Type 16.29 - Ekbatana)
(132 BC - 127 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.68 g • ⌀ 15 mm
N# 264872
Chalkous - Orodes I (Sellwood Type 31.23)
(90 BC - 80 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.26 g • ⌀ 12.58 mm
N# 46920
Chalkous - Phraataces and Musa (Sellwood Type 58.13)
(2 BC - 4 AD)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.68 g • ⌀ 15 mm
N# 40383
Chalkous - Artabanus II (Sellwood Type 61.12 variant)
(10-38)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.61 g • ⌀ 13.55 mm
N# 46889
Chalkous - Artabanus II (Sellwood Type 63.28 - Ecbatana)
(10-38)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.23 g • ⌀ 14.05 mm
N# 46887
Chalkous - Artabanus II (Sellwood Type 63.28 variant - Ecbatana)
(10-38)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.31 g • ⌀ 8.5 mm
N# 46894
Chalkous - Vologases I (Type #43)
(51-78)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.3 g • ⌀ 11 mm
N# 56038
Chalkous - Vologases III (Sellwood Type 78.24)
(105-147)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.2 g • ⌀ 12 mm
Sellwood# 78.24, N# 342616
Dichalkous - Mithradates II (Sellwood Type 24.37 -Rhagae)
(121 BC - 91 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.9 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Sellwood# 24.37, N# 295743
Dichalkous - Orodes II (Sellwood Type 45.40)
(57 BC - 38 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.09 g • ⌀ 14.35 mm
N# 46919
Dichalkous - Orodes II (Sellwood Type 45.42 - Ecbatana)
(57 BC - 38 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 0.99 g • ⌀ 10 mm
N# 46918
Dichalkous - Orodes II (Sellwood Type 45)
(57 BC - 38 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.66 g • ⌀ 10.75 mm
N# 46893
Dichalkous - Phraates IV (Sellwood Type 51.8 - Mithradatkart)
(37 BC - 2 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 2.78 g • ⌀ 15 mm
N# 264888
Dichalkous - Vologases III
444 (132)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.94 g
Sellwood# 79/48, N# 378681
Dichalkous - Vologases IV
459 (147)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 3.98 g
Sellwood# 84/136, N# 378682
Dichalkous - Vologases V (Sellwood Type 87.27 - Seleucia)
(191-208)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.16 g • ⌀ 16 mm
N# 264911
Tetrachalkous - Sinatruces (Gotarzes I - Sellwood type 33)
(95 BC - 90 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 3.3 g • ⌀ 15.6 mm
Sellwood# 33, N# 340297
Tetrachalkous - Orodes II (Sellwood Type 45)
(57 BC - 38 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 1.58 g • ⌀ 13.2 mm
N# 46888
Tetrachalkon - Vologases IV
(147-191)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 6.97 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Sellwood# 84.134, BMC Parth# 96, N# 378680
Hemidrachm - Arsaces I (Sellwood Type 1 - Nisa)
(247 BC - 211 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.90 g
N# 90149
Drachm - Phraates III

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.41 g
Sellwood# 36.7, N# 371526
Drachm - Arsakes XVI (Orodes I)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.90 g • ⌀ 22 mm
Sellwood# 30.15, N# 380190
Drachm - Arsaces XVI (Orod I)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.81 g
Sellwood# 30.16, N# 371521
Drachm - Artabanos II

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.83 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Sellwood# 30.17, N# 377799
Drachm - Phraates III

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.71 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Sellwood# 36/13, N# 378715
Drachm - Parthamaspates

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.78 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Sellwood# 81.1, N# 380900
Drachm - Arsaces I (Sellwood Type 1 - Nisa)
(247 BC - 211 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.99 g
N# 72840
Drachm - Arsaces I (Sellwood Type 2 - Nisa)
(247 BC - 211 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.22 g
N# 90671
Drachm - Arsaces I (Sellwood Type 3 - Mithradatkart)
(247 BC - 211 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.04 g
N# 90150
Drachm - Arsaces I (Sellwood Type 4 - Mithradatkart)
(247 BC - 211 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4 g • ⌀ 17 mm
N# 90672
Drachm - Arsaces II (Sellwood Type 5 - Hekatompylos)
(211 BC - 191 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4 g
N# 91017
Drachm - Arsaces II (Sellwood Type 6 - Rhagae-Arsacia)
(211 BC - 191 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4 g
N# 90673
Drachme -Phriapatius/Mithradates I - 185-132 BC Sellwood Type 9.1 - Hekatompylos
(185 BC - 132 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.4 g • ⌀ 19 mm
Sellwood# 9, N# 374830
Drachm - Mithradates I (Sellwood Type 10.1 - Hekatompylos)
(185 BC - 132 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.67 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
N# 363212
Drachm - Phriapatios
(185 BC - 170 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.15 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
Sellwood# 7.1 (Mithradates I), N# 394552
Drachm - Phriapatios
(185 BC - 170 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.56 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Sellwood# 8.1 (Mithradates I), N# 394551
Drachm - Mithradates I (Sellwood Type 11.1 - Hekatompylos)
(171 BC - 138 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.86 g • ⌀ 20 mm
N# 60754
Drachm - Mithradates I (Sellwood Type 7 - Hekatompylos)
(171 BC - 138 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.3 g
N# 91018
Drachm - Mithradates I (Sellwood Type 9)
(171 BC - 138 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.79 g
N# 93213
Drachme - Mithradates I - 165-132 BC Sellwood Type 11.2
(165 BC - 132 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.38 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Sellwood# 11.2, N# 374831
Drachme - Mithradates I - 165-132 BC Sellwood Type 13.10 - Séleucie
(165 BC - 132 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4 g • ⌀ 17 mm
Sellwood# 13.10, N# 375181
Drachme - Mithradates I - 165-132 BC Sellwood Type 13.6 - Séleucie
(164 BC - 132 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.81 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Sellwood# 13.6, N# 374714
Drachm - Phraates II
(138 BC - 127 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.02 g • ⌀ 18 mm
Sellwood# 16.11, N# 60626
Drachme - Phraates II - 132- 127 BC Sellwood Type 16.6 - Nisa
(132 BC - 127 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.3 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
Sellwood# 16.6, N# 375184
Drachm - Phraates II
(128 BC - 127 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.95 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
Sellwood# 16.1, N# 387282
Drachm - Artabanos I
(126 BC - 122 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 3.82 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Sellwood# 20.1, N# 375218
Drachm - Artabanos III
(126 BC - 122 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.13 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Sellwood# 20.1 (Artabanos I), N# 377772
Drachm - Mithradates II (Sellwood Type 26.1)
(123 BC - 88 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.16 g • ⌀ 21 mm
BMC Parth# 4, N# 239394
Drachm - Mithradates II (Sellwood Type 24)
(123 BC - 88 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 4.08 g • ⌀ 20 mm
Sellwood# 24, N# 153402

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