Greek Elymais c. 2nd Century AD. King Phraates. (1 Maccabees) AE Drachm CB97

It was succeeded by the Sasanian Empire. In 187BC the Elymaeans who were skilled archers, killed Antiochos III the Great after he pillaged their temple of Bel. The region’s “wealth in silver and gold” is referred to in the deutero-canonical work 1 Maccabees, which states “its temple was very rich, containing golden coverings, breast plates, and weapons left there by Alexander son of Philip, the Macedonian king who first reigned over the Greeks.

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