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Elymais -- Orodes I.,  late 1st to early 2nd cent. AD
AE tdr.,  15,61gr,  27,44mm;
mint:  Susa (?)
Van’t Haaff 11.1.1-1a (this coin),  Alram p. 146, #466, NB3;
obv.:  bare-headed bust, left, w/2-strand diadem, loop, 2 ribbons;  straight top hair running across head, side hair combed backwards, mustache, long pointed curly beard, multi-turn torque ending in pellet;  cuirass w/shoulder pads;  in right lower filed anchor w/2 upper and 2 lower cross bars, crescent and pellet above; in lower left field Aramaic legend ‘Orodes’; dotted border 10 - 12h;
rev.:  head, left, w/diadem surrounded by 4 lines of blundered letters;

plate coin in: Parthia.com; in:  P.A. Van't Haaff, Catalogue of Elymaean Coinage, p. 92, type 11.1.1-1a;

ex:  CNG, Triton VII, # 532,  ex: Bellaria Collection;  ex:  CNG 60, # 1041;  ex: Gorny and Mosch 96, # 252.

Elymais -- Orodes I., late 1st to early 2nd cent. AD

AE tdr., 15,61gr, 27,44mm;
mint: Susa (?)
Van’t Haaff 11.1.1-1a (this coin), Alram p. 146, #466, NB3;
obv.: bare-headed bust, left, w/2-strand diadem, loop, 2 ribbons; straight top hair running across head, side hair combed backwards, mustache, long pointed curly beard, multi-turn torque ending in pellet; cuirass w/shoulder pads; in right lower filed anchor w/2 upper and 2 lower cross bars, crescent and pellet above; in lower left field Aramaic legend ‘Orodes’; dotted border 10 - 12h;
rev.: head, left, w/diadem surrounded by 4 lines of blundered letters;

plate coin in: Parthia.com; in: P.A. Van't Haaff, Catalogue of Elymaean Coinage, p. 92, type 11.1.1-1a;

ex: CNG, Triton VII, # 532, ex: Bellaria Collection; ex: CNG 60, # 1041; ex: Gorny and Mosch 96, # 252.

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Robert L3   [Apr 09, 2017 at 10:28 PM]
Great coin, Schatz. And a van't Haaff plate coin too. Impressive!

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