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Coins struck at Ecbatana

5 catalogued coins and notes attributed to Ecbatana, with weights, legends, dates and Wikimedia-sourced images across Seleucid Persia, Parthian (Arsacid) Empire.

Catalogued
5
Eras
2
Metals
2
Denominations
2

Seleucid Persia · 312 – 141 BCE

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Antiochus III "the Great" Tetradrachm

Antiochus III

222–187 BCE

Struck in massive quantities to fund eastern campaigns.

Antiochus VII Sidetes Drachm — Ecbatana

Antiochus VII Sidetes

138–129 BCE

Last Seleucid push east — Antiochus VII briefly recaptured Media from the Parthians in 130 BCE before dying in battle at Ecbatana, ending Seleucid presence on the Iranian plateau.

Parthian (Arsacid) Empire · 247 BCE – 224 CE

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Mithradates II Drachm

Mithradates II

121–91 BCE

Coinage shifts from Greek to Iranian royal imagery.

Vologases VI Drachm

Vologases VI

208–228 CE

Vologases VI was the last Arsacid king; he was overthrown by Ardashir I, who founded the Sasanian Empire.

Artabanus IV Drachm

Artabanus IV (last Arsacid)

c. 213–224 CE

Killed by Ardashir I at the Battle of Hormozdgan in 224 CE — the end of the Arsacid dynasty after nearly five centuries and the dawn of the Sasanian empire.

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