Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 338. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 125-88 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.34 g, 12h). Plinthophoric standard. Antaios, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to left; ANTAIOΣ above, P-O flanking rose, grape bunch to lower right; all within incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group D, 86; SNG Keckman 664 var. (symbol); Karl 604 var. (obv. type); SNG von Aulock 8194 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 292 var. (same); SNG München -. EF, hairline flan crack, minor die wear on reverse. Very rare symbol.