Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 856. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (2.81 g, 11h). ‘Plinthophoric’ coinage. Antaios, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / Rose with bud to right; ANTAIOΣ above, kantharos to left. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group D, 115; SNG Keckman -; SNG Copenhagen 811 var. (symbol). Superb EF, lustrous, hairline flan crack.