Ancient Bronze Coin of Elymais — From the Historic Region of Elam

Own a Coin from Southwestern Iran’s Ancient Elamite Heartland

A genuine ancient bronze coin of Elymais, a kingdom that occupied part of the historic region associated with ancient Elam in what is now southwestern Iran.

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📷 Coins shown are representative examples. You will receive one authentic bronze coin of Elymais. Each coin is unique and will vary in ruler, type, strike, centering, patina, wear, and preservation.

📖 Connected geographically to the ancient region called Elam in biblical and Near Eastern sources
🏛 Struck centuries after the great Bronze- and Iron-Age Elamite kingdoms
🤲 A genuine coin from a later kingdom of southwestern Iran

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Why This Coin Matters

Elam was one of the major civilizations of the ancient Near East, centered in southwestern Iran and closely connected with Mesopotamia over many centuries.

Elam and Elamites appear in several biblical books, while Susa—a major city of the region that later became an Achaemenid Persian capital—appears prominently in texts such as Esther and Nehemiah.

This coin, however, was not struck by the ancient Elamite civilization described in the earliest biblical periods. It comes from the later Kingdom of Elymais, which flourished in southwestern Iran during the Hellenistic and Parthian eras, many centuries after the height of the old Elamite kingdoms.

Elymais developed within a region shaped by Iranian traditions as well as Seleucid and Parthian political influence. Its rulers issued distinctive bronze and silver coinages using royal portraits, symbols, inscriptions, and designs that changed substantially over time.

Because the exact relationship between later Elymais and the much earlier Elamite states should not be reduced to a simple one-to-one succession, this coin is best described as coming from the historic geographic world of Elam, rather than as a coin of biblical Elam itself.

That distinction makes the object more historically useful: it shows how the same southwestern Iranian landscape continued to support important kingdoms and cultures long after the age of the early Elamite states.

Perfect For

• Biblical and ancient Near Eastern history enthusiasts
• Collectors of Elymais and Parthian-era coinage
• Students of ancient Iran
• First-time ancient coin collectors
• Anyone interested in the long history of the region around Susa and Elam

What You’ll Receive

• One authentic bronze coin of Elymais
• Civilization: Kingdom of Elymais
• Period: Hellenistic–Parthian era
• Region: Southwestern Iran, within the broader historic region associated with Elam
• Exact ruler and type may vary
• Presented in a display album
• Guaranteed authentic

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