CNG 88, Lot: 383. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 175-170 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 2.78 g, 12h). Mint in central or northern Greece; Gorgos, magistrate. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; ΓOPΓOΣ above, torch to left. SNG Keckman 796; Ashton, More, Appendix 2, 38. EF, toned, hairline flan crack. Very rare.

Although R. Ashton has published numerous articles on the pseudo-Rhodian coinage from Greece, the islands, and western Asia minor, this particular issue has not been the subject of any of these studies. In any event, hoard evidence suggests this issue is related to the various pseudo-Rhodian issues associated with the Third Macedonian War.