308, Lot: 137. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 250-229 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 6.63 g, 12h). Agesidamos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; to left, Artemis advancing left, holding torch; AΓHΣIΔAMOY above. Ashton 206 var. (name in nominative); SNG Keckman 534 var. (same); cf. SNG Copenhagen 761 (for use of genitive on another issue of magistrate) and 762 (for type, but with name in nominative). Good VF. An apparently rare use of the genetive for magistrate’s name.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auciton 214 (15 July 2009), lot 190.