OF ELYMAIS , Orodes III., Artemis or Athena on reverse!!!

[Canaan]

Dear board, i have recently acquired this Ellymean coun, after doing some research, i have identified it as Orodes III, but some references identified the reverse as Artemis bust and the others as Athena bust any help would be appreciated

[Kamnaskires]

Canaan, the most up-to-date research on Elymaeans is Pieter van't Haaff's Catalogue of Elymaean Coinage (2007).  Using that as a reference, your coin is Orodes IV, van't Haaff 17.2.1-1.  He lists the reverse bust as Artemis.

- Bob

[Canaan]

Thanks alot Bob for the help, i will fix the description accordingly

[Stkp]

Canaan, the personal galleries provide a great resource when you don't have the book, or simply want to confirm an attribution. Bob has an extensive Elymaean album  and there are several others of us who also have quite a few Elymaean coins posted, with attributions to van't Haaff. Stkp

[Canaan]

Thanks STKP, for the response the whole concept of Parthian coins is new and fascinating to me, when i try to identify them i use the classical search engines i use for other coins, in this acsearch, were i found a similar coin from a famous auction house attributing it to Orodes III and Athena on reverse while other attributed it to Orodes IV and Artemis on reverse, but for the future i will take your tip into consideration. Thanks again and best regards.