Triton XIV, Lot: 331. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 250-229 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.70 g, 12h). Mnasimachos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose in profile, bud to right; MNAΣIMAXOΣ above, P-O flanking stem; to left, Athena Nikephoros standing left. Ashton 208; SNG Keckman 537 (same obv. die); Karl 471 (this coin); SNG von Aulock 2807; SNG Copenhagen 765. Near EF, attractively toned. Well centered and struck.
Ex Erich Karl Collection (Lanz 131, 27 November 2006), lot 471.