Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 834. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of ELYMAIS. Orodes II. Early-mid 2nd century AD. Æ Tetradrachm (14.99 g). Uncertain mint. “wrwd mlk” in Aramaic script, Bearded facing bust, wearing diadem and tiara; to right, star-in-crescent above anchor with one crossbar at bottom / Dashes in linear pattern. Van’t Haaff 13.3.1-3A; Alram 477; PCD 22652 and 11704 (this coin). Good VF, green-brown patina.

From the Todd A. Ballen Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 130 (8 March 2004), lot 1327; Gorny & Mosch 113 (18 October 2001), lot 5306 .