174, Lot: 32. Estimate $200. Sold for $299. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 205-200 BC. AR Didrachm (23mm, 3.61 g). Cretan War issue. Military mint on Crete; magistrate, Gorgos. Facing head of Medusa with winged diadem; c/m: winged bust of Nike right / Rose; star to left. Ashton 333; Ashton,
Crete 1; SNG Keckman -; SNG Copenhagen 864. Fine, toned, porous. Rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXV (24 March 1993), lot 283.
Most likely struck to pay Cretan mercenary troops employed by Rhodes.