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Elymais -- Kamnaskires V., 54/53 - 33/32 BC
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BI tdr.,11,4gr, 25mm,
Alram 463, Van't Haaff 9.1.1-3a (?), Sunr. 479var.;
obv.: bare-headed bust, left, w/diadem, knot, and 2 ribbons; medium-long pointed bard, mustache, medium-long hair w/all around fringe; earring, tree-turn torque w/pellet finials; floating torso clad in cuirass; in upper right field star and double bar anchor below; dotted border 8 - 12h;
rev.: small bare-headed bust, left, similar to king on obv. but w/short beard, w/a square of four lines of legend around it: BAΣIΛEΩ(Σ) (K)AMNAIKII(OY) KΛMNACK.. .....; date inverted ΣOB = 41/42 BC in exergue, in left lower field monogram PΛ.
Lovely gun metal tone.
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