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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 3165480, member: 82322&quot;]The reverse of these features a bust.&nbsp; Rarely the bust is in good style. Those are attributed to Kamnaskires V.</p><p>Example: <a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=291086" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=291086" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=291086</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Sometimes the reverse bust is line art, usually just a blob.&nbsp; These are &quot;uncertain early Arsakid kings&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example with recognizable line art reverse bust:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]813593[/ATTACH] </p><p>KINGS of ELYMAIS. Uncertain early Arsakid kings. Late 1st century BC-early 2nd century AD.</p><p>BI Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint. 30mm, 14.84g</p><p>Obv: Diademed bust left to right, star-in-crescent above anchor, small pellet to right of anchor</p><p>Ref: Degraded inscription; Crude diademed bearded bust left.</p><p>Ref: van’t Haaff type 10.3.1-1D.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes these are struck in high relief.&nbsp; When I first saw the specimen below I wasn&#039;t sure what I was seeing.&nbsp; Bronze doesn&#039;t do this!&nbsp; Of course, the coins are billon.&nbsp; Perhaps with enough silver content the alloy flows enough to allow very high relief?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]813591[/ATTACH] </p><p>BI Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint. 14.35g, 27mm</p><p><br /></p><p>The above coin are not thin and the relief is higher than the thickness of the flan:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]813592[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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