Another Elymais coin

So I had lots of fun today at the NYINC, bought some coins and then some more. I was trying to stay as long as I could but my stomach won out in the end, had to feed it. Here is one of my pick ups.



Orodes III, Drachm
100-150 AD.
AE15.8 , 3.6 g
O: Bust facing with long beard wearing diademed tiara, to right, pellet within crescent above anchor with two bars.
R: Series of dashes

Will slowly post the rest of my stuff but this will likely be my coin budget for the month.

 

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nice on IR, cool little crescent and anchor on the obverse with the facing bust. this is the type of reverse i see most often...the dashes.

 

Wow icerain, that's a super sweet addition (I've never seen one of those babies ... very cool)

=> fantastic eye-appeal (is that close to the coin's actual colour?) ... yummy

 

Nice pick up! I have wanted to get a few of these but my study of Nabataeans is already giving me a big enough headache . Still you never know... If I could find Van't Haaff for a reasonable cost (around $160 seems to be the going price) I would certainly dive in.

 

Awhile back I saw a bunch of those coins for around $20-$30 in decent grade too.

 

Van't Haaff goes for $75 new, not $160. Perhaps you are thinking of the Sunrise Collection book, which does come with the heftier pricetag. Of course $75 is not cheap either.

Speaking of Van't Haaff, by his attributions and numbering Icerain's coin is Orodes II, VH 13.3.2-2A

Update: I just saw that Charles Davis has a new Van't Haaff listed at $70.

 

I see that, thanks Bob. I did a quick search of MA-Shops, Abe books, Amazon etc and they all have it at $160+

 

Good lord, it would be ridiculous at $160+!

The book is PUBLISHED by CNG, and they have it listed at $75.

 

Yup, that's the actual color of the coin. No msg added.

Nice examples are still going for around that price. The more rare ones will go for a lot more.

Thanks, I dont have that book so the only thing I have are online resources and that's the information they have.

 

i had a little cash in an account to spend so i just took a small gamble on an coin from elymais...if it turns out bad i'm going to blame your for putting the idea in my head IR.

 

Make sure to post the photos when you get the coin so we can see.

 

will do.