Ex Allotte de la Füye

Triton XVI, Lot: 557. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.97 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 24 (236/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Nike standing right, holding wreath aloft in both hands; palm tree in left field, AP monogram below throne, date (in Phoenician) in exergue. Duyrat 1189 (D8/R40 – this coin); Price 3371; SNG Saroglos –; DCA 754. Good VF, toned, a little porosity and a couple minor deposits on obverse. Extremely rare date, only four examples cited in Duyrat, two of which are in museums (London and Paris).

Ex Poinsignon (17 October 1982), lot 107; Allotte de la Füye Collection (Florange & Ciani, 17 February 1925), lot 175.