Exceptional Late Issue

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1327. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Early 1st century AD. Æ Drachm (20.23 g, 12h). Sphairos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose seen from above; ΣΦAIPOΣ below; all within wreath. Ashton, Early 105-6 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 870 (same obv. die); BMC 345 (same obv. die). Good VF, dark green patina, light earthen deposits. Exceptional for this rare late issue.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 79 (17 September 2008), lot 393; G. Hirsch 169 (20 February 1991), lot 455.