Artabanus I of Parthia
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Artabanus I, incorrectly known in older scholarship as Artabanus II, was king of the Parthian Empire, ruling briefly from c. 127 to 124/3 BC. His short reign ended abruptly when he died during a battl
Coin of Artabanus I, Seleucia mint
Priapatius
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Priapatius, was the Arsacid king of Parthia from 191 BC to 176 BC. He was the first-cousin-once-removed and successor of Arsaces II. Like many Arsacid monarchs, his reign is sparsely known. His coinag
Artabanus I of Parthia
…Ἁρτάβανος), itself from the Old Persian *Arta-bānu ("the glory of Arta."). The Parthian and Middle Persian variant was Ardawān (𐭍𐭐𐭕𐭓). The son of Priapatius, Artabanus I succeeded his nephew Phraates II in 127 BC. Artabanus I must have been relatively old at his accession, due to his father having died in…
Coin of Priapatius, Hekatompylos mint