Dated Coinage from Arados

CNG 102, Lot: 622. Estimate $500. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.08 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 53 (207/6 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, 53 (date in Aramaic) and [ST (in Aramaic)] in exergue. Duyrat –; Rouvier –; Price –; DCA 754. Good VF, lightly toned. Rare date, none in CoinArchives.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.