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bgr_1051898 - ELYMAIS - ELYMAIS KINGDOM - ORODES V Drachme
120.00 €(Approx. 141.60$ | 104.40£)
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 200-223
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,34 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Joli revers. Patine marron
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.
Unusual depiction of the king
Unusual depiction of the king
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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