184, Lot: 52. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 125-88 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 1.27 g). Melantas, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly left / Rose with bud to left; jug to right; MELANTAS above; all within incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group D, 88 corr. (jug described as a torch); SNG Keckman 665 var. (head right); SNG Copenhagen -. Good VF, light porosity. Rare with the left facing head.