383, Lot: 235. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.99 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 59 (201/0 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, NΘ (date) in exergue. Duyrat 1264 (D28/R93 – this coin); Price 3388; DCA 771. Good VF, toned, minor die shift.
From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Inventory 769475 (July 2006); Giessener Münzhandlung 62 (20 April 1993), lot 138.