Parthian Empire

Mints

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	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
S 1910 - Parthia (uncertain mint) (Andragoras), gold, staters (245-238 BCE)	Gold	4,335 kg
S 1393 - Ecbatana (Vologases V), silver, drachms (191-208 CE)	Silver	2,574 kg
S 1346 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), silver, obols (148-138 BCE)	Silver	86 kg
S 1348 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), bronze, tetrachalka (148-144 BCE)	Bronze
S 1350 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), bronze, dichalka (148-144 BCE)	Bronze
S 1345 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), silver, drachms (145-138 BCE)	Silver	2,808 kg
S 1352 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), bronze, chalkoi (145-138 BCE)	Bronze
S 1353 - Ecbatana (Mithridates I), bronze, chalkoi (145-138 BCE)	Bronze
S 1354 - Ecbatana (Phraates II), silver, drachms (138-127 BCE)	Silver	1,217 kg
S 1363 - Ecbatana (Mithridates III), silver, drachms (87-80 BCE)	Silver	1,021 kg
S 1359 - Ecbatana (Darius I), silver, drachms (75-65 BCE)	Silver	2,415 kg
S 1361 - Ecbatana (Phraates III), silver, drachms (70-57 BCE)	Silver	1,948 kg
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 1371 - Ecbatana (Phraates IV), silver, drachms (38-2 BCE)	Silver	9,201 kg
S 1708 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Phraates IV), silver, tetradrachms (28-23 BCE)	Silver	194,298 kg
S 1373 - Ecbatana (Phraates V), silver, drachms (2 BCE-4 CE)	Silver	2,333 kg
S 1372 - Ecbatana (Phraates V), silver, drachms (2 BCE-4 CE)	Silver	2,408 kg
S 1374 - Ecbatana (Vonones I), silver, drachms (8-12 CE)	Silver	805 kg
S 1375 - Ecbatana (Artabanus II), silver, drachms (10-41 CE)	Silver	4,778 kg
S 1377 - Ecbatana (Gotarzes II), silver, drachms (40-51 CE)	Silver	2,247 kg
S 1380 - Ecbatana (Vardanes II), silver, drachms (55-58 CE)	Silver	1,177 kg
S 1384 - Ecbatana (Vologases II), silver, drachms (77-80 CE)	Silver	797 kg
S 1381 - Ecbatana (Pacorus II), silver, drachms (78-105 CE)	Silver	3,699 kg
S 1691 - Parthia (uncertain mint) (Pacorus II), silver, drachms (78-120 CE)	Silver	24,834 kg
S 1383 - Ecbatana (Pacorus II), silver, diobols (78-105 CE)	Silver	58 kg
S 1385 - Ecbatana (Artabanus II), silver, drachms (80-81 CE)	Silver	1,344 kg
S 1387 - Ecbatana (Vologases III), silver, drachms (105-147 CE)	Silver	6,354 kg
S 1386 - Ecbatana (Osroes I), silver, drachms (109-129 CE)	Silver	291 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 1391 - Ecbatana (Vologases IV), silver, drachms (147-191 BCE)	Silver	4,282 kg
S 1392 - Ecbatana (Osroes II), silver, drachms (190-191 CE)	Silver	3,419 kg
S 1394 - Ecbatana (Vologases VI), silver, drachms (208-228 CE)	Silver	5,022 kg
S 1395 - Ecbatana (Artabanus IV), silver, drachms (216-224 BCE)	Silver	1,981 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.
SO 2023 - Hecatompylos over uncertain mint	Silver	171 BC ^JL
SO 2024 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint	Silver	127 BC ^JL
SO 2025 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint	Silver	124 BC ^JL
SO 2026 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint	Silver	57 BC ^JL
Susa (AR Orodes II/archer) over uncertain type	Silver	57 BC ^JL
SO 2028 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint	Silver	57 BC ^JL
SO 2037 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2048 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2045 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2046 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
2635 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 67, Sept. 2004, 989)	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2038 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^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
SO 2042 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
3286 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over uncertain type (Spink, 9008, March 2009, 344)	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2043 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2034 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2049 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2050 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2047 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2039 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2044 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2054 - Uncertain mint under Gotarzes II over uncertain mint	Silver	AD 40 ^JL

Overstruck coins

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.
SO 2043 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
2635 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 67, Sept. 2004, 989)	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2048 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2050 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
3286 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim (Vonones I) (tetradrachm Vonones/Nike) over uncertain type (Spink, 9008, March 2009, 344)	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2049 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2044 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2037 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2039 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2047 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2045 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2046 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2038 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL
SO 2034 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over uncertain mint	Billon	AD 8 ^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
SO 2042 - Seleuceia ad Tigrim over Seleuceia ad Tigrim	Billon	AD 8 ^JL

Parthian Empire

TypeType of authority. ^ᵖ

Dynasty/Kingdom/Empire

Nomisma IDNomisma ID

parthian_empire

Links

Literature

Boillet 2009 (41 mentions)
Sellwood 1980 (13 mentions)
Nelson 2011 (5 mentions)
Shore 1993 (3 mentions)
Sellwood 1998 (1 mentions)
Callataÿ 1994c (1 mentions)
Kritt 2022 (1 mentions)