CNG 102, Lot: 623. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.07 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 54 (206/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, 54 (date in Aramaic) and ST (in Aramaic) in exergue. Duyrat 1248 var. (D25/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Rouvier –; Price –; DCA 754. Good VF, lightly toned. Very rare date.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.