Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 532. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of ELYMAIS. Orodes I. Circa mid-late 1st century AD. Billon Tetradrachm (15.54 gm). 'Orodes' in Parthian script, diademed bust left; behind, four-pointed star in crescent above anchor symbol / Crude diademed bust left, degraded legend. Cf. Alram pg. 146, NB 3; Le Rider, Suse -; cf. BMC Arabia pg. clxxxix and pl. LIII, 12; cf. De Morgan pl. XXXVI, 4 (Kamnaskires D -- called C in text). Toned, nice VF, light porosity. Very rare. ($200)

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 647.

This is an early transitional type of Orodes I, with simply 'Orodes' rather than 'King Orodes' on the obverse, and a Kamnaskirid-style bust. For a full discussion of these rare coins and their possible implication in the Elymaian series, see B. Bell, "New Inscription Alters Elymais Type Chronology," The Celator, April 2002, and B. Bell, "A New Model for Elymaean Chronology, " The Celator, May 2002.