Attambelos I Explained

thumb|Coin of Attambelos IAttambelos I was a king of Characene,^[1] a Parthian vassal state and important trading port and emporium on the Persian Gulf. His rule was from 47/46 to 25/24BC.^[2]

He is recorded by only four coins dated in the years 10/11, 11/12, 13/14 and 22/23BC.^[3] 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^[4] and there is evidence that his rule was interrupted by a foreign king in the year 18/19.^[5]

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, .
4. Flavius Josephus, Ant 20.7-19
5. Monika Schuol, The Characene: A mesopotaoinian Kingdom in Hellenistic times. Steiner, Stuttgart 2000,, page226-227, 323-326.