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Tetradrachm - Tiraios II NIK before face
| Issuer | Kingdom of Characene |
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| Year | 73 BC - 71 BC |
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| Weight | 15.78 g |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Characene was a small but strategically consequential kingdom at the head of the Persian Gulf, its rulers navigating the competing pressures of Parthian overlordship and independent commercial ambition. Tiraios II issued this tetradrachm during a period when Characene briefly asserted greater autonomy — the NIK monogram before the face is a control mark specific to this emission, distinguishing it within Le Rider's classification of types 8 through 13.
The kingdom's wealth derived almost entirely from Gulf trade, and these silver tetradrachms functioned as the primary instrument of that commerce.