Another few modest Elymaeans here.
Prince A, AE unit – likely a
drachm on a very
tight flan – late 2nd to early 3rd century AD, van’t Haaff
type 19.1:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-148520Kamnaskires-Orodes, AE
drachm, van’t Haaff
type 12.2-1-1B-D. A big thank you goes to Stkp for the
attribution assistance on this one. I
had been wavering between calling it a transitional
type of Orodes II (VH
type 13.1) or Kamnaskires-Orodes. He provided a convincing argument for the K-O
attribution:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-148521Uncertain Early Arsacid Kings, AR
drachm, van’t Haaff 10.4.2-1B. Again a thank you to Stkp, who served as a sounding board in my
attribution of this one. This is an interesting coin, and was erroneously listed by two previous dealers as Kamnaskires V, van't Haaff 9.1.2-5.a. In
his book van’t Haaff states that in this period of Elymaean
history – that is to say, during the rule of the
Elymais Arsacid Dynasty – “the metal for all
denominations is bronze; there are no longer any silver or
billon coins.” Since the book’s publication, however, some
billon and, in this case, silver issues have been noted. (An example of a
billon coin from this period is here:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-122312) No doubt the mis-attribution of the coin by the two dealers was in
part due to its being struck in silver. However, the pellet-in-crescent on the
obverse, as well as the two crossbars on the
anchor and the very distinctive rudimentary
style (a big step downward in artistic
merit from the coinage of the preceding Later Kamnaskirid Dynasty), place the coin squarely in the Arsacid Dynasty camp:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-148523