Bronze Drachm of Orodes II of Elymais, Elymais. 1992.49.37

Physical Description

• Axis: 0

• Measurements

  • Weight (in gr.): 3.69
  • Diameter (in mm): 15.5

Typological Description

• Object Type: Coin
• Denomination: Drachm
• Manufacture: Struck
• Material: Bronze

• Authority

  • Authority: Orodes II of Elymais
  • • Dynasty: Arsacid Dynasty
    • State: Kingdom of Elymais

• Geographic

  • Region: Elymais

• Obverse

  • Type: Bearded bust of king facing, with lateral tufts of hair and low headdress; to r., anchor with single cross-bar and crescent with pellet above

• Reverse

  • Type: Field filled with irregular dashes

Findspot Description

Findspot

• Findspot: 1975? Beirut hd.

References

• Reference: BMC 98-113

Administrative History

• Identifier: 1992.49.37
• Department: Greek
• Collection: American Numismatic Society

Rights

• CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
• Rights: Copyright Undetermined