Kapat (1st Century AD) ~ AR Obol ~ NGC Choice About Uncirculated

PERSIS KINGDOM. Kapat (1st century AD). AR obol (9m, 0.45 gm, 2h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Bearded bust of Kapat to left, wearing diadem and Parthian-style tiara with three rows of pellets around pellet-in-crescent / Bearded bust left, wearing diadem. Alram 614.

NGC CERT #: 4631296-015

NGC DESCRIPTION: Kingdom of Persis, Bust L. Wearing Tiara on Obverse, Diademed Bust on Reverse

NGC GRADE: Choice About Uncirculated, 5/5 Strike, 4/5 Surface

ABOUT THE COIN:

AR Obol is an ancient Greek silver coin.

The Kings of Persis, also known as the Darayanids, were a series of Iranian kings, who ruled the region of Persis in southwestern Iran, from the 2nd century BCE to 224 CE. They ruled as vassal kings of the Parthian Empire, until they toppled them and established the Sasanian Empire.

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