385, Lot: 257. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 205-200 BC. AR Didrachm (21.5mm, 4.36 g, 12h). Cretan War issue. Military mint on Crete; magistrate, Gorgos. Winged head of Medusa facing slightly right; c/m: bust of Nike right within incuse circle / Rose with bud to right; ΓO[PΓ]OΣ above, star to left. Ashton 333; Ashton, Crete 1; SNG Keckman –; SNG Copenhagen 864. Coin Fine, toned, struck from worn dies; c/m VF.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.

Ashton argues that this issue was likely struck by Rhodian commanders during the Cretan war (see Ashton, Clubs, pp. 77-78).