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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Kingdom of Elymais| > GB92036
Kingdom of Elymais, Orodes III, 2nd Century A.D.
|Kingdom| |of| |Elymais|, |Kingdom| |of| |Elymais,| |Orodes| |III,| |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.
GB92036. Bronze drachm, vant Haaff 16.4.2-1A, b; SGICV 5906; BMC Arabia p. 276, 44, aF, light earthen deposits, tiny edge split, weight 2.868g, maximum diameter 15.1mm, 2nd century A.D.; obverse long bearded bust left wearing tiara ornamented with anchor; to right, pellet inside crescent above anchor with one crossbar; reverse field of regular parallel dashes; ex Ancient Imports (Marc Breitsprecher); SOLD










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