Tanlis Mardates

Tanlis Mardates, or Tanlismaidates (ruled circa 80-40 BC), was the governor of the Arsacid provinces of Sakastan and Arachosia.[2] He might have been of Parthian, or perhaps of Saka origin.[2] He minted coins with portraits of him and a certain Rangodeme, probably his wife.[2] He was probably the last Arsacid governor of the area before the rise of the dynasty of the Indo-Parthian ruler Gondophares (r. 19–46).[2]

Coin of Tanlis Mardates (TANAIEMAIAATHE) with Rangodeme (PAITOAHMH KYPIA).[1]

He ruled west of the territory of Sapadbizes.[1]

The portrait from his coinage is thought to illustrate the armour and headgear of Parthian cataphracts: his coins show a low, oval helmet, with a neckguard and a plume.[3]

References

Invernizzi, Antonio (1995). In the Land of the Gryphons: Papers on Central Asian Archaeology in Antiquity. Le lettere. p. 187. ISBN 978-88-7166-248-0.
Rezakhani 2017, p. 32.
Heckel, Waldemar; Naiden, F. S.; Garvin, E. Edward; Vanderspoel, John (8 July 2021). A Companion to Greek Warfare. John Wiley & Sons. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-119-43885-4.

Sources

Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). "East Iran in Late Antiquity". ReOrienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 1–256. ISBN 9781474400305. JSTOR 10.3366/j.ctt1g04zr8. (registration required)

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[AI-1] Invernizzi, Antonio (1995). In the Land of the Gryphons: Papers on Central Asian Archaeology in Antiquity. Le lettere. p. 187. ISBN 978-88-7166-248-0.

[FOOTNOTERezakhani201732-2] Rezakhani 2017, p. 32.

[3] Heckel, Waldemar; Naiden, F. S.; Garvin, E. Edward; Vanderspoel, John (8 July 2021). A Companion to Greek Warfare. John Wiley & Sons. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-119-43885-4.