Three Pedigreed Classical Rhodes

CNG 100, Lot: 1508. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 404-385 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 15.23 g, 12h). Chian standard. Head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose in profile, bud to left; [P]OΔION above; to right, Φ and ivy leaf with berries; all within incuse square. Hecatomnus 101a (A67/P74 – this coin); Bérend, Tétradrachmes 68; Ashton 41; Gulbenkian 766 (same rev. die). Near EF, toned, trace find patina, some minor die rust. Very rare issue, sixteen noted by Ashton (Hecatomnus), only one new specimen in CoinArchives.

From the Friend of a Scholar Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XVI (2 December 1985), lot 221; The Numismatic Auction [Tradart] II (12 December 1983), lot 153; Lanz 24 (25 April 1983), lot 350; Auctiones 6 (30 September 1976), lot 223.