Tyche in the Parthian Empire thumb|Silver Tetradrachm of Vologases I Enthroned king Vologases I facing left, receiving diadem from Tyche, standing with sceptre. AD 55-56 In the early years of the Parthian Empire, Parthian kings, starting with Mithridates I (165 BC) utilized imagery of the Olympian gods in their coinage, often with the term ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (friend of the Greeks) as a conciliatory gesture to subject Greek people living in the former Seleucid Empire lands. However, by the time of Vologases I (51 AD), the only Greek imagery used on coins was the goddess Tyche, who continued to be represented on Parthian coins for the next 200 years. In later imagery, Tyche provides the Khvarenah or projection of divine rulership in Zoroastrianism to the worthy king. It is unclear whether this "Parthian Tyche" simultaneously represented a Zoroastrian goddess such as Anahita or Ashi, or possibly another.
Tyche in the Parthian Empire thumb|Silver Tetradrachm of Vologases I Enthroned king Vologases I facing left receiving diadem from Tyche standing with sceptre AD 55-56 In the early years of the Parthian Empire Parthian kings starting with Mithridates I (165 BC) utilized imagery of the Olympian gods in their coinage often with the term ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ (friend of the Greeks) as a conciliatory gesture to subject Greek people living in the former Seleucid Empire lands However by the time of Vologases I (51 AD) the only Greek imagery used on coins was the goddess Tyche who continued to be represented on Parthian coins for the next 200 years In later imagery Tyche provides the Khvarenah or projection of divine rulership in Zoroastrianism to the worthy king It is unclear whether this "Parthian Tyche" simultaneously represented a Zoroastrian goddess such as Anahita or Ashi or possibly another