Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1010. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of ELYMAIS. Kamnaskires I. Circa 163 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.17 g, 12h). Susa mint. Diademed head right / BASILEW[S] KAMASKIRO[U] NIKH[FOROU], Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow and bow. Alram 431 var. (Kamnaskires II; rev. legend); cf. Le Rider, Suse pl. VII, D; cf. BMC pl. LIII, 6; cf. De Morgan pg. 466, 1; cf. EHC 642. VF, rough in spots.

Ex Bellaria Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 67, 22 September 2004), lot 994; Giessener Münzhandlung 96 (7 June 1999), lot 251.

These issues with the epithet, NIKH[FOROU], typically have a monogram on the obverse. Also, the list of legend varieties in Alram does not contain the spelling of Kamnaskires displayed on this specimen.