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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 3165493, member: 96898&quot;]What a very nice coin! To keep your uncertain early Arsacid king company, here is a coin by the latest Arsacid king known by name, Orodes V. (late 2nd to early 3rd centuries A.D, according to van&#039;t Haaff):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]813600[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]813601[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></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 (a hairstyle which today is better known as a &quot;man bun&quot;). Rev: Bust of Artemis with beaded tiara left. Ref: van&#039;t Haaff 18.1.1-2A. 13 mm, 2.6g. Ex Numismatik Lanz, Munich.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>I very much like these Elymaean bronze coins, and it&#039;s nice to know that there are others in this forum who collect them, too. Since the history of the kingdom of Elymais is so obscure and many of its kings are only known from their coins, these little drachms possess, at least in my eyes, an unparalleled Ozymandian charme.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Also, please note Orodes&#039; haircut and beard - in 2018, many a hipster would get green with envy!)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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