401, Lot: 212. Estimate $500. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARABIA, Eastern. Ikaros/Failaka. Circa 222-204 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.48 g, 9h). Imitating the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Shams seated left on throne, holding eagle and staff; AP monogram in left field, KΛ below throne. Unpublished, but same obverse die as the illustration of Price 3957, from the mint of Ikaros/Failaka. VF, lightly toned, a few light cleaning marks. Unique.

From collection of Will Gordon. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 73 (13 September 2006), lot 150.