Diademed bust facing left / Anchor in wreath. Susa mint (?). 10mm, 1.05 grams. Mitchiner ACW -; Van't Haaf Type 21.1.

Extremely rare reduced drachm - coins like this one might have been among the last coins ever issued in Elymais. These coins are uninscribed, and the identity of the ruler who issued them is unknown.

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.