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Kings of Elymais, Kamnaskires III, with Anzaze, AR Tetradrachm. Seleukeia on the Hedyphon, dated SE 244 = 69/8 BC. Conjoined busts left of Kamnaskires and Queen Anzaze; monogram above [Seleukid anchor] behind; c/m: Nike standing left, within rectangular incuse / Zeus seated left, holding sceptre and Nike, who crowns him, BAΣIΛEΩΣ KAMNΣKIROY KAI BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ ANZAZHΣ around, ΔMΣ (date) below. Sunrise 470 (date illegible); cf. Alram 454; DCA 519 var. (unlisted date). 14.48g, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare; the first recorded example with this dating and as such, historically important.
The regnal years attributed to the kings of Elymais are based on the Greek numeral dates found on their coins which are generally associated with the Seleukid calendar. This tetradrachm clearly displays the year 244 which yields a date of 69/8 BC in the Seleukid calendar, postdating the previously known years of Kamnaskires III's reign (82-72 BC). This new evidence does not conflict with the known regnal years of his successor, Kamnaskires IV, for whom the earliest recorded year is 249 (64/63 BC) and thus, accounts for part of the unexplained hiatus between the two reigns.
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare; the first recorded example with this dating and as such, historically important.
The regnal years attributed to the kings of Elymais are based on the Greek numeral dates found on their coins which are generally associated with the Seleukid calendar. This tetradrachm clearly displays the year 244 which yields a date of 69/8 BC in the Seleukid calendar, postdating the previously known years of Kamnaskires III's reign (82-72 BC). This new evidence does not conflict with the known regnal years of his successor, Kamnaskires IV, for whom the earliest recorded year is 249 (64/63 BC) and thus, accounts for part of the unexplained hiatus between the two reigns.