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Coins struck at Seleucia on the Tigris

4 catalogued coins and notes attributed to Seleucia on the Tigris, with weights, legends, dates and Wikimedia-sourced images across Parthian (Arsacid) Empire.

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Parthian (Arsacid) Empire · 247 BCE – 224 CE

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Mithradates I Tetradrachm

Mithradates I

171–138 BCE

First king to title himself 'Great King'.

Orodes I Silver Tetradrachm

Orodes I

90–77 BCE

Orodes I ruled in a turbulent period of Arsacid civil war. His successor Orodes II would later defeat Crassus at Carrhae (53 BCE).

Phraates IV Silver Tetradrachm

Phraates IV

37–2 BCE

Phraates IV defeated Mark Antony's Parthian expedition (36 BCE) and later received the four Roman legionary standards lost at Carrhae back from Augustus (20 BCE) — a diplomatic coup commemorated on Roman coinage. His Seleucia tetradrachms are precisely dated month-by-month.

Vologases I Tetradrachm

Vologases I

51–78 CE

Vologases I founded a new dynastic branch and is credited by Pahlavi tradition with the first systematic collection of the Avesta. His reign coincided with Rome's wars over Armenia and the Treaty of Rhandeia (63 CE).

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