390, Lot: 206. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.67 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 17 (243/2 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, [•••]•••• – (date [in Phoenician]) in exergue. Duyrat Autonomous Series I, 1158–61 var. (D5/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Price 3366; DCA 754. Near VF, toned, rough, patches of find patina. Rare date, 7 known to Duyrat, none in Pella, one in CoinArchives.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.