Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 866. Estimate $250.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 125-88 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.41 g, 12h). ‘Plinthophoric’ coinage. Diognetos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; ΔIOΓNHTOY above, sun to left. Cf. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group D, 103 and 110; SNG Keckman -; SNG Copenhagen -. Near EF.

An interesting and significant usage of the genitive for the magistrate’s name.