Triton XVIII, Lot: 678. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 2.95 g, 12h). Plinthophoric standard. Antaios, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / Rose with bud to left; ANTAIOΣ above, P-O flanking rose, sun to lower right; all within incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group D, 128; HGC 6, 1460; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Keckman –; Karl 609. Superb EF, toned, faint mark under tone on cheek. Well centered and struck.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Acquired from Leu, May 1999.