CNG 90, Lot: 627. Estimate $750. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 250-229 BC. AR Didrachm (22mm, 6.77 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; SNG von Aulock 2807; SNG Copenhagen 765; HGC 6, 1439. Near EF, attractive gray toning with dark iridescence around the devices, a pair of faint scratches under tone on reverse.
From the Deyo Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, July 2006.