Occonapses

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Okkonapses (also Hyknapses ) was a king and perhaps a usurper in the Elymais . He is only known from four coins that show his portrait on the obverse and a seated young god on the reverse. It is either Belos or Apollon . The legends and the style of the coins are purely Greek and refer to the ruler as a Soter . They may have been minted in Susa . The reading of the name on the coins is uncertain. He ruled in the second century BC. Its exact date varies in the literature between 162 and 139 BC. Chr.

literature

  • Kay Ehling : Studies on the history of the late Seleucids. (164-63 BC). From the death of Antiochus IV to the establishment of the province of Syria under Pompey. Steiner, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-515-09035-3 , p. 130, (at the same time: Augsburg, University, habilitation paper, 2005).
  • Daniel T. Potts: The Archeology of Elam. Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1999, ISBN 0-521-56358-5 , p. 387.
  • Pieter A. van't Haaf: Catalog of Elymaean Coinage. Approx. 147 BC - AD 228. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster PA et al. 2007, ISBN 978-0-9709268-8-3 , p. 56.

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personal data
SURNAME Occonapses
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hyknapses
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ruler of the Elymais
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC Chr.