Great
additions, Stkp! Congrats on the
rarity (VH 21.2).
A couple of comments about that coin. One, while I was almost tempted to see an
eagle right on that
obverse, I do believe it is a very abstract
bust right that should be rotated counterclockwise. (See below) I think the curl is a diadem loop, typically omitted or cropped off
flan on these issues. The "
eagle's" feathers I interpret as diadem ends. Compare the loop on the example below yours.
So many of these get quirky renditions of the
king's
bust - I think yours may take the cake. (Although the last one below is a definite runner up!)
Two, I think Van't Haaff missed a number of examples that have a single dot above the crescent, and another single dot below - as on your coin, and several of the examples below.
Had he caught these, I'm sure he would have included them as another subtype (".b"). As it is, I guess we should refer to these as 21.2.1-1.a variant (single dot above and below crescent).
This underscores the fact that Elymaean numismatic scholarship has a ways to go before a more
complete picture emerges. For my
part, I recently picked up an unpublished tet:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-140438 While it's clearly Phraates (as identified by the
tiara), and I am calling it a Van't Haaff 14.8.1-1 variant, it could rightfully be called a unique and unpublished
type rather than a variant of an existing
type.
I love your
gallery. Keep 'em coming.