214, Lot: 193. Estimate $300. Sold for $191. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 250-229 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 6.62 g, 12h). Timotheos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; to left, herm left; TIMOΘEO[...] above. Cf. Ashton 209; cf. SNG Keckman 540-1; cf. SNG Copenhagen 767-8. Good VF.
While Timotheos’ name most likely ended with a “Σ”, the previous lot demonstrates that there were two varieties to the spelling.