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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4971359, member: 44316"]There are quite a few regions with minor kings with portrait coins. They include Kings of Pontus, the Bosporus, Bithynia, Lydian Satraps, Cappadocia, Sophene, Armenia, Kommagene, Parthia, Elymais, and Characene. There are also Sasanian Kings, Kings of Tarbistan, and Kings of the region of Afganistan and India with Iranian names. And, that list does not include many Hellenistic dynasties.</p><p><br /></p><p>To broaden the coverage of this thread, here is one different king from a minor kingdom:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1194788[/ATTACH] </p><p>29 mm. 12.48 grams. Tetradrachm.</p><p>King Attambelos I of Characene, 47/6-25/4 BC.</p><p>His diademed head right.</p><p>Naked Hercules seated left holding club nearly vertical.</p><p>Legend in four lines (the fourth off the flan): BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ATTAMBHΛ /ΣΩTHPOΣ KAI EYΕPΓETOY (The deliverer and the benefactor)</p><p>ΠΣ in exergue is year 270 = 43/42 BC.</p><p>ex CNG 218, lot 326, in 2009.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let's keep the portraits coming![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 4971359, member: 44316"]There are quite a few regions with minor kings with portrait coins. They include Kings of Pontus, the Bosporus, Bithynia, Lydian Satraps, Cappadocia, Sophene, Armenia, Kommagene, Parthia, Elymais, and Characene. There are also Sasanian Kings, Kings of Tarbistan, and Kings of the region of Afganistan and India with Iranian names. And, that list does not include many Hellenistic dynasties. To broaden the coverage of this thread, here is one different king from a minor kingdom: [ATTACH=full]1194788[/ATTACH] 29 mm. 12.48 grams. Tetradrachm. King Attambelos I of Characene, 47/6-25/4 BC. His diademed head right. Naked Hercules seated left holding club nearly vertical. Legend in four lines (the fourth off the flan): BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ATTAMBHΛ /ΣΩTHPOΣ KAI EYΕPΓETOY (The deliverer and the benefactor) ΠΣ in exergue is year 270 = 43/42 BC. ex CNG 218, lot 326, in 2009. Let's keep the portraits coming![/QUOTE]
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