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bgr_262561 - ELYMAIS - ELYMAIS KINGDOM - ORODES V Drachme

ELYMAIS - ELYMAIS KINGDOM - ORODES V Drachme XF
XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 200-223
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,00 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,38 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan globulaire bien centré. Beaux portraits. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
GIC.5916  - Morgan56  - BMC.1
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de CGO (1999) et de la collection du Dr.Charles Haas

Obverse

Obverse legend : LÉGENDE EN CHALDÉO-PEHLVI (URUD MALKA).
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d’Orodes V de à gauche, la barbe longue, une mèche de cheveux relevés.
Obverse translation : (Orodes roi).

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Buste d’Artémis (Diane) diadémée et drapée coiffée d’une couronne radiée ; derrière une ancre renversée.

Commentary

Représentation inhabituelle du roi.

Historical background

ELYMAIS - ELYMAIS KINGDOM - ORODES V

(3rd century AD)

This small kingdom, located between Babylonia and Persis in the region of Susa. He managed to maintain his independence from his powerful Arsacid neighbors. Orodes V seems to have been one of the last princes of the dynasty at the beginning of the 3rd century. When the Parthians were eliminated by the Sassanids, Ardashir I made Elymaide a province of the new empire.

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