55, Lot: 67. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of CHARACENE. Theonesios I. Circa 40-39 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.36 gm). His diademed head right with long beard / Nude Herakles seated left, resting club on right knee; monogram above right arm and X below, year in exergue (last digit off the flan). BMC Arabia etc. pg.cxcviii & pl.LIV, 4; SG II 6183. Good VF, rough, double striking on reverse. Very rare. ($500)