372, Lot: 176. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 138/7-44/3 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 15.27 g, 1h). Dated CY 199 (61/0 BC). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm frond; in left field, Θ(koppa)Ρ (date) above Aramaic
aleph above ЄΣ; all within wreath. Duyrat 4165–88 (obv. die D99); HGC 10, 72; DCA 772. VF, deep iridescent tone, minor area of weak strike.
From the Byron Schieber Collection.