383, Lot: 199. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 205-200 BC. AR Didrachm (21mm, 3.70 g, 12h). Cretan War issue. Military mint on Crete; magistrate, Gorgos. Winged head of Medusa facing slightly right; c/m: bust of Nike right within incuse circle / Rose with bud to right; ΓOPΓOΣ above, star to left. Ashton 333 (same dies as illustration); Ashton, Crete 1 (same dies as illustration); SNG Keckman –; SNG Copenhagen 864 (same dies). VF, toned. Rare.

Ashton argues that this issue was likely struck by Rhodian commanders during the Cretan war (see Ashton, Clubs, pp. 77-78).