Cretan War Issue

255, Lot: 124. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 205-190 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 2.28 g, 12h). Cretan War issue. Cretan or Rhodian mint; Ainetor, magistrate. Head of Helios facing slightly left / Rose with bud to right; caduceus to left, magistrate’s name above. Ashton, Crete 6A; SNG Keckman 593-594; HGC 6, -. VF, light porosity.

Ashton notes that this issue was likely struck by Rhodian commanders during the Cretan War.