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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4459898, member: 99456"]I don't have an Elymais bronze - the variety and quality shared already is amazing. Although not exactly "snack-sized" - here's a tetradrachm of Kamnaskires III that I was happy to find had low interest at auction. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1111804[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kingdom of Elymais, <b>Kamnaskires II and III</b>, Tetradrachm, 1st century BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> bust of<b> Kamnaskires II </b>left with long beard, star and crescent moon above anchor behind head.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> garbled legend on four sides around diademed head of <b>Kamnaskires III </b>left with short beard</p><p><b>Size:</b> 15.41g, 30mmx25mm (a very oval flan)</p><p><b>Note:</b> very uncertain about attribution, other interesting links and resources in <a href="https://www.coincommunity.com/pdf/An-Introduction-to-Collecting-Coins-from-Elymais.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coincommunity.com/pdf/An-Introduction-to-Collecting-Coins-from-Elymais.pdf" rel="nofollow">this introduction</a> - with thanks to posters in this thread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4459898, member: 99456"]I don't have an Elymais bronze - the variety and quality shared already is amazing. Although not exactly "snack-sized" - here's a tetradrachm of Kamnaskires III that I was happy to find had low interest at auction. [ATTACH=full]1111804[/ATTACH] Kingdom of Elymais, [B]Kamnaskires II and III[/B], Tetradrachm, 1st century BC [B]Obv:[/B] bust of[B] Kamnaskires II [/B]left with long beard, star and crescent moon above anchor behind head. [B]Rev:[/B] garbled legend on four sides around diademed head of [B]Kamnaskires III [/B]left with short beard [B]Size:[/B] 15.41g, 30mmx25mm (a very oval flan) [B]Note:[/B] very uncertain about attribution, other interesting links and resources in [URL='https://www.coincommunity.com/pdf/An-Introduction-to-Collecting-Coins-from-Elymais.pdf']this introduction[/URL] - with thanks to posters in this thread.[/QUOTE]
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