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                                90, Lot: 73. KINGS of ELYMAIS. Uncertain King. 
                                Late 1st century BC-early 1st century AD. Æ 
                                Tetradrachm (21mm, 15.85 gm). Estimate $100. 
                                Sold for $84. 

                                KINGS of ELYMAIS. Uncertain King. Late 1st 
                                century BC-early 1st century AD. Æ Tetradrachm 
                                (21mm, 15.85 gm). Diademed bust left; behind, 
                                four-pointed star in crescent above pellet and 
                                anchor symbol / Crude diademed bust left, 
                                degraded legend. Alram pg. 146, NB 1; Le Rider, 
                                Suse -; BMC Arabia pg. 250, 14; cf. De Morgan 
                                pl. XXXVI, 5 (Kamnaskires D); Hanson, "Coins and 
                                Mints of Ancient Elymais," Iran XXVIII (1990), 
                                -. Nice VF, brown patina, a few spots of 
                                encrustation.

                                From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Kunst und 
                                Münzen XXVI (13-15 May 1988), lot 117; 
                                Monetarium List 47 (Spring 1987), no. 60.









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