Drachma of Vardanes I (41–45 CE). Obverse: bust of Vardanes I left, wearing a diadem. Reverse: Arsakes seated right on a throne, holding a bow in front of him. Parthian Kingdom (Arsakes I iconography), Iran. Coin; diameter 19.0 mm, weight 3.67 g., A circular metallic object with an uneven edge, showing raised carved shapes and patterns across its surface; the object appears primarily silver-gray with darker gray shadows in recesses and slight hints of pale brownish tarnish near the rim; the central area features a group of raised linear and geometric reliefs and a few small rounded protrusions

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