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ELYMAIS ORODES III? c100 AD AE DRACHM 3.36gm 14mm SUSA MINT? FACING BUST/DASHES
ELYMAIS ORODES III? c100 AD AE DRACHM 3.36gm 14mm SUSA MINT? FACING BUST/DASHES
ELYMAIS ORODES III? c100 AD AE DRACHM 3.36gm 14mm SUSA MINT? FACING BUST/DASHES
ELYMAIS ORODES III? c100 AD AE DRACHM 3.36gm 14mm SUSA MINT? FACING BUST/DASHES

ELYMAIS ORODES III? c100 AD AE DRACHM 3.36gm 14mm SUSA MINT? FACING BUST/DASHES

$ 10.55

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Year: c100 AD
  • Cleaned/Uncleaned: Uncleaned
  • Denomination: AE DRACHM
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • KM Number: ALRAM486
  • Era: Ancient
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available

    Description

    ELYMAIS ORODES III? c100 AD AE DRACHM 3.36gm 14mm SUSA MINT? FACING BUST/RANDOM DASHES
    UNUSUALLY CLEAR AND LIFELIKE PORTRAIT OF THE KING WITH GREAT HAIR (I WISH I HAD SOME!!) AND NICE CLEAR CRESCENT AND FORK
    NICE FOR THESE WITH STRIKING EARTHEN PATINA
    BMC ARABIA PG 269,90 PL XLI,8 ALRAM 486 VAR, SEAR GREEK IMPERIAL pp582-5 # 5884-5921
    ELYMAIS OR ANCIENT ELAM WAS AN AUTONOMOUS STATE THAT EXISTED BETWEEN THE 2ND CENTURY BC AND THE 3RD CENTURY AD, LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF THE PERSIAN GULF IN PRESENT DAY KHUZESTAN, IRAN. THE ELYMAEANS WERE SKILLED ARCHERS THAT FOUND THEMSELVES FREQUENTLY UNDER PERSIAN CONTROL. THEY POSSESSED GREAT WEALTH BUT FINALLY FELL TO THE 3RD CENTURY SASANIDS.  THEIR COINS DEPICTED A KING, BUT IT IS NOT KNOWN IF IT WAS A PARTHIAN KING OR A LOCAL RULER, SO KING'S IDENTIFICATION IS PURE CONJECTURE.