bgr_1051898 - ELYMAIS - ELYMAIS KINGDOM - ORODES V Drachme

ELYMAIS - ELYMAIS KINGDOM - ORODES V

(3rd century AD)

This small kingdom, located between Babylonia and Persis in the region of Susa. He managed to maintain his independence from his powerful Arsacid neighbors. Orodes V seems to have been one of the last princes of the dynasty at the beginning of the 3rd century. When the Parthians were eliminated by the Sassanids, Ardashir I made Elymaide a province of the new empire.