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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Kingdom of Elymais| > WA93625
Kingdom of Elymais, Phraates, Early - Mid 2nd Century A.D.
|Kingdom| |of| |Elymais|, |Kingdom| |of| |Elymais,| |Phraates,| |Early| |-| |Mid| |2nd| |Century| |A.D.|, Elymais was the biblical Elam and home of the magi. With its capitol at Susa, it was a small kingdom in what is now Iran and Kuwait. The Kingdom of Elymais struck coins from the middle of the 2nd century B.C. until their defeat by the Sasanians in 227 A.D.
WA93625. Bronze drachm, vant Haaff 14.7.2-1; BMC Arabia p. 274, 24 ff.; Alram IP -; Sunrise -, VF, edge cracks, spots of porosity/corrosion, weight 3.423g, maximum diameter 15.2mm, obverse long bearded bust left wearing tiara ornamented with pellet inside a crescent with horns up; to right, pellet in crescent above anchor; reverse field filled with parallel dashes; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD











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