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Tetradrachm - Kamnaskires VI - Kingdom of Elymais Kamnaskirid Dynasty
| Issuer | Elymais |
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| Year | 46 BC - 28 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed bust of Kamnaskires VI facing left, rendered in a somewhat schematic style characteristic of late Elymaean coinage. Behind the effigy, a four-pointed star set within a crescent appears in the upper field, accompanied by a pellet and an anchor symbol. The portrait displays the royal diadem with flowing ties, and the overall die work reflects the increasingly barbarized engraving tradition of the Kamnaskirid dynasty. The flan is irregular and the strike uneven, typical of provincial hammered coinage of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Elymais — the highland kingdom wedged between Parthia and the Persian Gulf coast — existed largely at Parthia's sufferance, and the Kamnaskirid rulers spent much of their dynasty either paying tribute or briefly asserting independence during moments of Parthian weakness. Kamnaskires VI likely ruled during one such window, though the chronology remains disputed and the attribution of specific tetradrachms to individual rulers in this series has shifted repeatedly as scholars reassess die sequences and hoard evidence.
The billon composition is itself telling: earlier Elymaean tetradrachms were struck in decent silver, and the debasement visible by this reign reflects either economic pressure or deliberate Parthian-era monetary policy bleeding into a nominally autonomous kingdom.