Attambelos 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]
- ^ E. Yarshater, The Cambridge History of Iran, Cambridge University Press page 487
- ^ Richard Nelson Frye, The History of Ancient Iran(C.H.Beck, 1984) p277.
- ^ Monika Schuol, The Characene. A Mesopotamian Kingdom in Hellenistic times. Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-515-07709-X.
- ^ Flavius Josephus, Ant 20.7-19
- ^ Monika Schuol, The Characene: A mesopotaoinian Kingdom in Hellenistic times. Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-515-07709-X, page226-227, 323-326.