title: Theonesios I of Characene
text: # Theonesios I of Characene
  
  Theonesios I was a King of Characene, a vassal state of the Parthian empire and important trading port on the Persian Gulf. His rule was from 25/24BC to 19/18BC.
  
  He is known only from his silver Tetradrachms, which exhibits various spelling of his name.
  
  