Coin: ar drachm

Museum number:
8-4450
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21080004450
Accession number:
Acc.147
Description:
Coin, AR; Drachm; Parthian. 3.65 grams, 18 mm. Volageses V, 190-206 AD. Parthia. Obverse: VOL, bust of Volageses V l. diademed. Reverse: Arsaces seated r., holding bow. Remarks: "(this is very bad - hard to distinguish “lettering” from portrait)
Donor:
Alfred Emerson and M. Boissé
Collection place:
Parthia (historical region), Northeast Iran
Culture or time period:
Parthian (247 BC–224 AD)
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
December 10, 1900
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Person depicted:
Arsaces I (King of Parthia) and Vologases V (King of Parthia)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Coins (money) and Drachms
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
190-206 AD
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Dimensions:
linear 18 millimeters and weight 3.65 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: ar drachm, accession number 8-4450, described as Coin, AR; Drachm; Parthian. 3.65 grams, 18 mm. Volageses V, 190-206 AD. Parthia. Obverse: VOL, bust of Volageses V l. diademed. Reverse: Arsaces seated r., holding bow. Remarks: "(this is very bad - hard to distinguish “lettering” from portrait)Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: ar drachm, accession number 8-4450, described as Coin, AR; Drachm; Parthian. 3.65 grams, 18 mm. Volageses V, 190-206 AD. Parthia. Obverse: VOL, bust of Volageses V l. diademed. Reverse: Arsaces seated r., holding bow. Remarks: "(this is very bad - hard to distinguish “lettering” from portrait)Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: ar drachm, accession number 8-4450, described as Coin, AR; Drachm; Parthian. 3.65 grams, 18 mm. Volageses V, 190-206 AD. Parthia. Obverse: VOL, bust of Volageses V l. diademed. Reverse: Arsaces seated r., holding bow. Remarks: "(this is very bad - hard to distinguish “lettering” from portrait)Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: ar drachm, accession number 8-4450, described as Coin, AR; Drachm; Parthian. 3.65 grams, 18 mm. Volageses V, 190-206 AD. Parthia. Obverse: VOL, bust of Volageses V l. diademed. Reverse: Arsaces seated r., holding bow. Remarks: "(this is very bad - hard to distinguish “lettering” from portrait)Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: ar drachm, accession number 8-4450, described as Coin, AR; Drachm; Parthian. 3.65 grams, 18 mm. Volageses V, 190-206 AD. Parthia. Obverse: VOL, bust of Volageses V l. diademed. Reverse: Arsaces seated r., holding bow. Remarks: "(this is very bad - hard to distinguish “lettering” from portrait)Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: ar drachm, accession number 8-4450, described as Coin, AR; Drachm; Parthian. 3.65 grams, 18 mm. Volageses V, 190-206 AD. Parthia. Obverse: VOL, bust of Volageses V l. diademed. Reverse: Arsaces seated r., holding bow. Remarks: "(this is very bad - hard to distinguish “lettering” from portrait)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: ar drachm, accession number 8-4450, described as Coin, AR; Drachm; Parthian. 3.65 grams, 18 mm. Volageses V, 190-206 AD. Parthia. Obverse: VOL, bust of Volageses V l. diademed. Reverse: Arsaces seated r., holding bow. Remarks: "(this is very bad - hard to distinguish “lettering” from portrait)

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