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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3338685, member: 96898&quot;]I dabble a bit in collecting Elymaean drachms and find them most charming. Since I have the respective catalogue at hand, I looked up your coins. Based on your pictures, it&#039;s not possible to identify subtypes, but these general attributions should be correct:</p><p><br /></p><p><u>1st coin</u>: Kingdom of Elymais, Orodes II, AE drachm, early–mid 2nd c. AD. Obverse: Bearded bust facing forward wearing Tiara with central vertical line and dots at rims, no large tufts of hair at side, pellet inside crescent above anchor with one crossbar to right. Reverse: Dashes. Reference: P. A. van&#039;t Haaff: Catalogue of Elymaean Coinage (2007), type 13.3.2–2A.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>2nd coin</u>: Kingdom of Elymais, Phraates, AE drachm, early–mid 2nd c. AD. Obv: bearded bust left wearing tiara with pellet-in-crescent; pellet inside crescent above anchor with one crossbar to right. Rev.: BACIΛEVC ΠPAATHC (blundered), Artemis standing right, not radiate, drawing arrow from quiver on shoulder with right hand, bow in left. Ref: van&#039;t Haaff, type 14.6.</p><p><br /></p><p><u>3rd coin</u>: Kingdom of Elymais, Orodes V, late 2nd–early 3rd c. AD, AE Drachm. Obv: Bearded bust of Orodes left with double diadem and tuft of hair on top of head. Rev: Bust of Artemis with beaded tiara left. Ref: van&#039;t Haaff, type 18.1.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below are two of my Elymaean coins of similar types, just to give you an impression of how they look outside of jewelry mounts. (Just as some others in this thread, I would not recommend disassembling your bracelet, though.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]884308[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Kingdom of Elymais, Orodes II, early to mid 2nd c. AD, AE Drachm. Obv: Bearded bust of Orodes facing, wearing tiara, no large hair tufts at sides; to right, pellet in crescent and anchor with two crossbars. Rev: dashes. Ref: van&#039;t Haaff 13.3.2–1B. 15 mm, 4g.</font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">[ATTACH=full]884306[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="3">Kingdom of Elymais, Orodes V, late 2nd–early 3rd c. AD, AE Drachm. Obv: Bearded bust of Orodes left with double diadem and tuft of hair on top of head. Rev: Bust of Artemis with beaded tiara left. Ref: van&#039;t Haaff 18.1.1-2A. 13 mm, 2.6g.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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