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Theonesios I of Characene

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1st century BC king of Characene
Coin of Thionesios I.

Theonesios I was a King of Characene, a vassal state of the Parthian empire and important trading port on the Persian Gulf. His rule was from 25/24BC to 19/18BC.

He is known only from his silver Tetradrachms, which exhibits various spelling of his name.

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, page 225, 316-317.
Theonesios I of Characene
Preceded byAttambelos I King of Characene
19 BC 		Succeeded byAttambelos II
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