CNG 102, Lot: 625. Estimate $500. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 17.02 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 92 (168/7 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, BP monogram (date) in exergue. Duyrat 1355 (D49/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Rouvier –; Price –; DCA 771; Album 24, lot 50 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned. Extremely rare date, only 1-2 specimens estimated by Cohen (DCA), one in CoinArchives.

From collection of Dr. Will Gordon.