Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 658. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $135. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 125-88 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.48 g, 12h). ‘Plinthophoric’ coinage. Diognetos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to left; ΔIOΓNHTOΣ above, torch to lower right; all within incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group D, 233; SNG Keckman -; SNG Copenhagen -; Karl 610 var. (symbol). EF, toned.