Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 520. Estimate $3000. Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. Sold For $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of ELYMAIS. Kamnaskires III, with Anzaze. Circa 82-75 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.14 gm). Conjoined busts left of Kamnaskires and Queen Anzaze; monogram above anchor symbol behind; countermark: Nike standing left /
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KLMNLIKIR[OU] KLI ILIILIICHC ANZAZH, Zeus seated left, holding sceptre and Nike, who crowns him. Alram 454; cf. Le Rider,
Suse pl. LXXII, 11; BMC Arabia pg. 246, 2 (Kamnaskires II); cf. De Morgan pg. 467, 4. For a similar countermark on a tetradrachm of Kamnaskires IV, cf. Alram 458. Toned, nice VF, light scratches. Very rare. ($3000)