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Elymais -- Uncertain King, late 1st cent. BC to early 1st cent. AD
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AE tdr., 15,33gr., 29,24mm;
Van’t Haaff 10.3.1var., Alram p. 146, NB1var.;
mint: Seleukia on the Hedyphon, axis: 12h;
obv.: bare-headed, left, w/2-strand diadem, knot, and 2 ribbons; hair protruding from under diadem, elongated hair bunch in back of neck, mustache, long beard; earring, torque; cuirass; anchor w/3 crossbars in right field, dot and crescent above, in right field in front of beard a pellet; dotted border 12 - 16h;
obv.: shadow of a bust, left, surrounded by three lines of meaningless letters;
ex: J. Elsen, Vente 70, lot 335, BE.
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