Posted 10/23/2015 09:35 am
TMK65, the latest serious study in Elymaean coins is by P.A. van't Haaff from 2007. Using van't Haaff for reference, your coin is from the reign of Kamnaskires-Orodes, early to mid 2nd century AD. These are indeed among the most popular of the coins from Elymais, probably due to that wacky hair of K-O's that always makes me think he must have a wet finger in an electrical outlet. I show three of mine from this ruler, below.
For cataloging, your coin is a van't Haaff type 12.3.1-1B.
Elymais was a semiautonomous vassal kingdom under the Parthians. It lasted from the mid-2nd century BC to the early 3rd century AD, when it was defeated (as were the Parthians) by the Sassanid invasion led by Ardashir I in 227 AD. It was located at the north end of the Persian Gulf, northwest of Persis and east of Babylonia in the southwestern part of what is now Iran.
For cataloging, your coin is a van't Haaff type 12.3.1-1B.
Elymais was a semiautonomous vassal kingdom under the Parthians. It lasted from the mid-2nd century BC to the early 3rd century AD, when it was defeated (as were the Parthians) by the Sassanid invasion led by Ardashir I in 227 AD. It was located at the north end of the Persian Gulf, northwest of Persis and east of Babylonia in the southwestern part of what is now Iran.
