...to look for the legend/translation
As I already provided to you at another
forum:
Here's your
legend (below), which is
Sellwood's
type II for the issue. As you can see,
Parthian kings weren't known for their humility.
Top:
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ (together: of the
King of kings)
Right:
ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ (Arsakes – the ruling dynasty of the
Parthian Empire)
Bottom:
ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ (
Euergetes (the benefactor/beneficent)]
ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ [Dikaios (the just)]
Left:
ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ [
Epiphanes (the illustrious)]
ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ [Philhellene (friend of the
Greeks)]
Fred
Shore, in
Ten Dragons, mentions how the drachms of Phraates IV begin to lose their Greek influence (as compared to earlier
Parthian issues), with an "oriental looking
portrait" emerging. This was a protracted process in
Parthian coinage, as the early Greek influence waned amidst the Iranian cultural revival going on in the middle years of the empire. The philhellene (friend of the
Greeks)
legend line was omitted from the
standard Parthian drachm legends just a few kings after Phraates IV.