Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 430. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 172/1-111/0 BC. AR Drachm (4.25 g, 12h). Dated CY 93 (167/6 BC). Bee; date (in monogram form) and monogram flanking / Stag standing right; palm tree in background. Duyrat 2740-5 (D41/R40); Rouvier -; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; Dewing 2657 (same obv. die). Near EF, attractive light iridescent toning.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.