Live auction - bgr_526916 - ELYMAIS - ELYMAIS KINGDOM - KAMNASKIRES VI Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 850 € |
| Price : | 550 € |
| Maximum bid : | 550 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 June 2019 14:38:04 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 80-120
Mint name / Town : Séleucie de l’Hedyphon
Metal : silver
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,7 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés, un peu court au revers sur les légendes. Très joli droit de haut relief. Beau revers bien venu à la frappe, de haut relief. Patine grise superficielle
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et barbu, drapé et cuirassé de Kamnaskires VI à gauche ; derrière le buste une ancre renversée surmontée d’une étoile et d’un croissant de lune.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE GRECQUE DÉGÉNÉRÉE.
Reverse description : Buste diadémé, barbu et drapé à droite vu de trois quarts en avant .
Commentary
L’ancre placée derrière le buste du roi n’est pas sans rappeler celle qui orne les monnaies séleucides, moyen de signaler l’ancienneté et la filiation des monarques du royaume d’Élymaïde. Sur notre exemplaire, les légendes sont complètement dégénérées et la date n’est plus du tout visible.
Historical background
ELYMAIS - ELYMAIS KINGDOM - KAMNASKIRES VI
(1st - 2nd century AD)
This small kingdom, located between Babylonia and Persis in the region of Susa. He managed to maintain his independence from his powerful Arsacid neighbors. Kamnaskires, of whom we know practically nothing, seems to have reigned at the end of the first century and the beginning of the second century of our era. When the Parthians were eliminated by the Sassanids, Ardashir I made Elymaide a province of the new empire.
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