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(Redirected from Attambelos I of Characene) 1st century BC king of Characene
Coin of Attambelos I

Attambelos I was a king of Characene, a Parthian vassal state and important trading port and emporium on the Persian Gulf. His rule was from 47/46 to 25/24BC.

He is recorded by only four coins dated in the years 10/11, 11/12, 13/14 and 22/23BC. Like most Characene Coinage, he is depicted himself on the front and Heracles (or Nike) on the reverse.

This ruler is also mentioned by Josephus and there is evidence that his rule was interrupted by a foreign king in the year 18/19.

References

  1. E. Yarshater, The Cambridge History of Iran, Cambridge University Press page 487
  2. Richard Nelson Frye, The History of Ancient Iran(C.H.Beck, 1984) p277.
  3. Monika Schuol, The Characene. A Mesopotamian Kingdom in Hellenistic times. Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-515-07709-X.
  4. Flavius Josephus, Ant 20.7-19
  5. Monika Schuol, The Characene: A mesopotaoinian Kingdom in Hellenistic times. Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-515-07709-X, page226-227, 323-326.
Attambelos I
Preceded byArtabazos I King of Characene
47/46-25/24 BC 		Succeeded byTheonesios I
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