Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 392. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $880. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 229-205 BC. AR Fourrée Tetradrachm (13.47 g, 12h). Tharsytas, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; ΘAPΣYTAΣ above; to left, eagle standing right on torch. Cf. Ashton 215; cf. SNG Keckman 550; cf. SNG Copenhagen 756. VF, slightly off-center.