Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 807. Estimate $400. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002. Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARIA, Islands off. Rhodes. Circa 350 BC. AR Drachm (3.64 gm). Three-quarter facing head of Helios, head turned slightly right / Rose, bud on either side; F above right bud. SNG Helsinki 383 var. (A on reverse); Ashton, "The Solar Disk Drachms of Rhodes," in
NumChron 1990, pl. 3, F. VF. Rare. Lot also includes: Rhodes. 2nd Century BC. AR Drachm (0.96 gm). Radiate head of Helios right / Two rose buds; Artemis between. SNG Helsinki 617 var. (symbol); Ashton, "Rhodian Coinage and the Colossus," in
Revue Numismatique 1988, pg. 72, Series 3, pl. xvi, 76. VF. Rare. Also in lot: CARIA, Satraps of. Hekatomnos. 395-377 BC. AR Drachm (4.01 gm). Forepart of roaring lion left; EKA above / Stellate pattern. SNG von Aulock 2356. VF. Three (3) coins in lot. ($400)