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Elymais -- Uncertain King, late 1st cent. BC to early 1st cent. AD
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AE tdr., 13,05gr, 29,8mm;
Van’t Haaff 10.3.1-1Aa, Alram p.146, #466;
mint: Seleukia on the Hedyphon, axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/2-strand diadem and 2 ribbons; hair protruding from under diadem, elongated hair bunch in back of neck, mustache, long curly beard squared off at the end; earring, torque; cuirass; in right
field 2-bar anchor, star and crescent above; border 12 - 15:30h;
rev: bare-headed bust, left, w/diadem and short beard, surrounded by 4 lines of letters the top one being BACIΛEΩC;
ex: Najaf Coins, CAN.
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