375, Lot: 403. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 3.00 g, 12h). ‘Plinthophoric’ coinage. Melantas, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / Rose with bud to left; ΜΕΛΑΝ[ΤΑΣ] above, lion’s head right to lower right. Jenkins, Rhodian p. 113; HGC 6, 1460. Good VF, toned, reverse struck off center, small die break on the reverse. Rare symbol (lion’s head).

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Cederlind 150 (2 March 2009), lot 75.