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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Kingdom of Elymais| > GB93627
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.
GB93627. Bronze drachm, vant Haaff 14.6.1-3b; BMC Arabia p. 272, 1 ff.; De Morgan 35; Alram IP 473; Sunrise -, aVF, centered on a ragged flan with edge splits, rough green and red patina, weight 3.228g, maximum diameter 16.8mm, die axis 0o, obverse ΦPA, bearded bust left wearing tiara with pellet in crescent; pellet inside crescent above anchor with one crossbar right; reverse BACIΛEVC ΠPAATHC (blundered), Artemis standing right, not radiate, drawing arrow from quiver with right hand, bow in left hand; from the Errett Bishop Collection; SOLD










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