Persis, AR hemidrachm, Napad / Kapat

Kings of Persis. Napad / Kapat (60AD)

AR hemidrachm (1.38 g)

Issue of Napad II (also read as Napat / Kapat), one of the Kings of Persis who exercised local authority in the southwestern Iranian region of Persis under Parthian suzerainty between the late 2nd cent Bc and end of the 1st century AD

The Kings of Persis were regional dynasts subordinate to the Parthian (Arsacid) Empire, permitted to mint their own silver coinage bearing local regal imagery and legends in Aramaic while acknowledging the overarching Parthian political framework

Bust of king wearing tiara to left, with hair falling to shoulder / Diademed bust left. Aramaic legend around

Choice VF. SCARCE

Reference: Z-142162 (this coin)

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