I never double post, but this is an exception as I meant to post my latest
Forum coin purchase here rather on another
thread for such coins. Maybe we don't need tow posts about these purchases, but this one is where I meant to make my post. That is because this post
had generated a great discussion of coins of
Elymais. So, please forgive me for posting the same coin again. THis one is one the way from Joe. Mail over the 200 miles between us is super slow, and I don't yet have it in hand, along with another coin I ordered even earlier. I am trying not to worry, but it is taking way longer than it should. Anyway, I can't wait to get this one and I want to show it off. This will be the biggest coin in my collection, at 30mm, when I get it.
Billon tetradrachm,
vant Haaff (uncertain early Arsacid kings) 10.3.1-2A;
Alram IP p. 146, taf. 15, NB1;
BMC Arabia p. 250, 17;
Le Rider Suse pl. LXXIII, 3 - 4, VF, debased metal, struck with a worn
rev. die but less degenerated than many specimens (
rev. dies were used until worn almost smooth), porosity/corrosion, edge flaw,
weight 13.207 g, maximum
diameter 30.0 mm,
die axis 0o, Seleukeia ad Hedyphon (Ja Nishin,
Iran)
mint, c. 1st century A.D.;
obverse diademed, draped
bust of
king left, torque around neck, wide fringe of hair below diadem, long beard,
star (degenerated into a
cross) in crescent over
anchor behind,
anchor with two
cross bars and pellet to left of shaft;
reverse crude diademed
head left, squared blundered
legend around; from the
Errett Bishop Collection.
Regards,
Virgil