CNG 100, Lot: 1509. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 404-385 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 15.21 g, 12h). Chian standard. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose in profile, bud to right; POΔ-ION above; to left, olive sprig and Φ; all within incuse square. Hecatomnus 109b (A71/P78) = Bérend, Tétradrachmes 77 (this coin); Ashton 43; BMC 20 (same rev. die). Near EF, toned, minor flaw on forehead. Extremely rare issue, eight noted by Ashton (Hecatomnus), no new specimens in CoinArchives.

From the Friend of a Scholar Collection. Ex Leu 71 (24 October 1997), lot 218; 1971 Marmaris Hoard (IGCH 1209).