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Tetradrachm - Kamnaskires V short beard, retrograde legend
| Issuer | Elymais |
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| Year | 54 BC - 32 BC |
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| Currency | Drachm (247 BC-224 AD) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse script | Greek (retrograde) |
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Elymais was a semi-independent kingdom wedged between the Parthian empire and the Persian Gulf coast, and its rulers occupied an awkward political position — nominally subordinate to Parthia yet issuing their own coinage with enough regularity to suggest genuine local authority. Kamnaskires V ruled during a period of sustained Parthian pressure on the region's autonomy, and the dating window of this issue spans decades of that friction.
The retrograde legend on this variety is not a blunder. It appears consistently enough within the Elymaic series to indicate a deliberate workshop convention, possibly reflecting a different engraver tradition operating alongside — or in competition with — the standard dies.