Posted 12/06/2017 8:13 pm
Neat little bronze from the eastern region of Parthia, Steve. Sellwood type 93 - can't pin it down better than that since the reverse monogram under the bow is so worn. The best online gallery for these is Schatz's at Forum: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ga...p?album=6213
Her lead-in page to the gallery states this:
Her lead-in page to the gallery states this:
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.Sanabares.is most likely a Parthian prince or sub king who ruled in one of the Eastern provinces of the empire in what is now Turkmenistan (Margiane = Merv) around 125 AD. He is probably not identical with an Indo-Parthian ruler of the same name who struck coins in Seistan ( = Sakastan in Eastern Iran) and Arachiosa (in today's Afghanistan) and belongs to the Gondopharan dynasty. There is great confusion in the literature, some authors think that there was just one Sanabares from the Gondophares line, an Indo-Parthian, in the province of Seistan. Dates are uncertain, too, they range between the first and third century AD. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ga...p?cat=24483)
.Sanabares.is most likely a Parthian prince or sub king who ruled in one of the Eastern provinces of the empire in what is now Turkmenistan (Margiane = Merv) around 125 AD. He is probably not identical with an Indo-Parthian ruler of the same name who struck coins in Seistan ( = Sakastan in Eastern Iran) and Arachiosa (in today's Afghanistan) and belongs to the Gondopharan dynasty. There is great confusion in the literature, some authors think that there was just one Sanabares from the Gondophares line, an Indo-Parthian, in the province of Seistan. Dates are uncertain, too, they range between the first and third century AD. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/ga...p?cat=24483)
