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Drachm - Orodes IV Kingdom of Elymais Arsacid Dynasty

Uitgever Elymais
Jaar 100-190
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Gewicht 3.39 g
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Beschrijving voorzijde Facing bare-headed bust of Orodes IV, diademed, with two lateral loops flanking the face. The hair is rendered with two rounded tufts at the sides and a smaller oblong tuft at the crown of the head. The ruler displays a mustache and a pointed chin beard. A necklace is visible at the base of the bust, rendered in a schematic style characteristic of late Elymaean coinage.
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Aanvullende informatie

Elymais, a client kingdom wedged between Parthia and the Persian Gulf hinterlands, issued coinage with increasing autonomy as Parthian central authority fragmented through the second century AD. By Orodes IV's reign, the Arsacid dynastic name was largely ceremonial — the local rulers had long since broken from Ctesiphon in any practical sense. The billon content of these later issues reflects a progressive debasement across the Elymaean series, with copper alloys steadily displacing silver as the kingdom's resources contracted.

The Elymais#17.2.1 reference corresponds to a fairly tight die grouping, but attribution of individual rulers within the late Elymaean sequence remains contested among specialists, as the numismatic record is the primary evidence for reconstructing this dynasty at all.

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