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Drachm - Orodes II - Kingdom of Elymais Arsacid Dynasty
| Issuer | Elymais |
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| Year | 50-100 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crude bust of the king facing left, wearing a diadem with pellets and a torque visible at the neck. The hair is rendered in a stylized, beaded fashion characteristic of late Elymaic coinage. The portrait retains Parthian artistic conventions in its schematic execution, with a prominent eye shown frontally. The overall style reflects the debased and increasingly abstracted engraving typical of the Elymais Arsacid dynasty in the first and second centuries AD. |
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| Reverse description | Stylized anchor symbol occupying the central field, rendered in a highly schematic and abstracted manner consistent with late Elymaic billon drachms. To the left of the anchor, a vertical column of four pellets is visible. The anchor device, a motif inherited from Seleucid coinage, is characteristic of Elymaic royal issues and appears in an increasingly debased form on coins of this period. The flan is irregular and the surfaces are worn, typical of heavily circulated examples of this series. |
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| Mintage | ND (50-100) |
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