Tetradrachm (Coin) Portraying King Phraates IV
38-3 BCE
- Medium
- Silver
- Classification
- Coin
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
- Culture
- Iran
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
- Credit line
- Gift of William F. Dunham
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The front (obverse) of this coin depicts the Parthian king Phraates IV, facing left and wearing a diadem. On the back (reverse), the king is shown seated on a throne; holding a bow in his rtight hand. The goddess Tyche stands before him.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
