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Drachm - Kamnaskires VI - Kingdom of Elymais Kamnaskirid Dynasty
| Issuer | Elymais |
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| Year | 46 BC - 28 BC |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed bust of King Kamnaskires VI facing left, with a prominent long beard and a wide fringe of hair visible below the diadem. The portrait is rendered in a schematic, late-Hellenistic provincial style characteristic of Elymaean coinage. Behind the royal effigy, a star within a crescent appears above an anchor, serving as dynastic symbols in the field. The flan is irregular and the relief is somewhat flat, consistent with the degenerative hammered technique of this series. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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Elymais occupied the mountainous territory northeast of Susiana — modern Khuzestan — and its Kamnaskirid rulers struck coins in increasingly debased silver as Parthian pressure mounted throughout the first century BC. By the reign of Kamnaskires VI, billon had effectively replaced true silver, reflecting both economic strain and the kingdom's diminishing independence from Parthian overlordship. The dynasty would survive only a few more generations before Elymais became fully absorbed into the Parthian sphere.