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Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 534. Estimate $200. 
Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. 
Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of ELYMAIS. Kamnaskires-Orodes III. Mid-late 2nd century AD. Æ Tetradrachm (15.16 gm). 'King Kamnaskires Orodes' in Parthian script, diademed facing bust; behind, four-pointed star in crescent above anchor symbol / Design reduced to dashes. Cf. Alram 479; cf. Le Rider, Suse pl. LXXIII, 8; cf. BMC Arabia pl. LIII, 15; cf. De Morgan pg. 479, 47. Good VF, brown patina. ($200)

Ex Vecchi 8 (4 December 1997), lot 147.

It does not seem likely that the legend continues below the bust, thus this short version of his typical legend is apparently unpublished in the standard references.