{{Short description|1st-century AD king of Characene}} [[File:Karte Charakene.png|thumb|right|Characene Kingdom.]][[File:Drawing of Attombelos III from one of his Tetra Drachma.png|thumb|Drawing of Attombelos III from one of his Tetra [[Ancient drachma|Drachma]].]]'''Attambelos III of Characene''' was a [[king]] of [[Characene]] who ruled from approximately 37/38 to 44/45AD.<ref>Richard Nelson Frye, The History of Ancient Iran(C.H.Beck, 1984) p277.</ref><ref>Daniel T. Potts, Araby the Blest: Studies in Arabian Archaeology (Museum Tusculanum Press, 1988) p 141.</ref> His rule is known only by the coins he [[Mint (coin)|mint]]ed.<ref>[http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/characene/attambelos_III/i.html Coins of Attambelos III], wildwinds.com.</ref><ref>Monika Schuol: Die Charakene. Ein mesopotamisches Königreich in hellenistisch-parthischer Zeit, Stuttgart 2000, p. 220-221, 300-303 {{ISBN|3-515-07709-X}}.</ref> The presence of these [[coin]]s as far afield as [[Oman]] and southern [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]] indicates that his rule saw a time of extensive trade.<ref>Daniel T. Potts, Araby the Blest: Studies in Arabian Archaeology (Museum Tusculanum Press, 1988) p153.</ref>
He was succeeded by [[Theonesios II]].
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{{s-rel}} {{succession box | before=[[Orabazes I]] | title= [[Characene#Kings|King of Characene]] | years= 37/38–44/45BC| after=[[Theonesios II]] }} {{s-end}}