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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1040. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002. 
Sold For $210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ELYMAIS. Unknown Successor to Kamnaskires V. Circa 1st Century BC-1st Century AD. Billon Tetradrachm (15.42 gm). Diademed bust left; star and crescent, pellet and anchor behind / Blundered legend around diademed bust left. Alram NB1; BMC Arabia pg. 250, 13; MACW 703-706. Choice EF, toned, silvery surfaces. ($300)

According to Alram there were at least four rulers between Kamnaskires V and Orodes I who struck coins of degraded fineness and fidelity to the Kamnaskires V prototype.