Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 864. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $880. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 125-88 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.28 g, 12h). ‘Plinthophoric’ coinage. Antaios, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly left / Rose with bud to left; ANTAIOΣ above, bunch of grapes to right. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group D, 86; SNG Keckman -; SNG Copenhagen -. EF. Rare with left-facing bust.