Rare late billon tetradrachm of Kamnaskires V (c.54-33 BC), Susa, Elymais Kingdom

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Rare late billon tetradrachm of Kamnaskires V (c.54-33 BC), Susa, Elymais Kingdom

Diademed bust left, flower behind, anchor right / Partial blundered and abbreviated Arameic legend, derived from "King Kamnaskires, grandson of King Kamnaskires", diademed bust left. 28mm, 14.33 grams. Susa (?) mint. Van't Haaf #9.1-7h.

Same coin is shown scanned and photographed. 

Rare late silver (or billon) tetradrachm of Kamnaskires V. Comes with an old collection ticket. Ex Frank Robinson 115 (23 February 2021), lot 29 (sold 159$). 

Elymais or Elamais (Graecized form of the more ancient name, Elam) were a people who were subject to Arsacid control from 247 BC to 221 AD, and was the name of the region they inhabited (roughly corresponding to the region named Susiana). It was reportedly these people were great archers and natives of Susa, which lies to the east of Elymais territory. Most of the Elymais were probably descendants of the ancient Elamites. Very little is known about their history, and nothing at all is known of their language, even though "Elamite" was still used by the Achaemenid Empire 250 years before the Elymais came into existence. The kingdom of Elymais survived until its extinction by Sassanid invasion in the third century AD.


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