CNG 108, Lot: 238. Estimate $500. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 205-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 13.91 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Stasion, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, ΣTAΣIΩN above rose; ΠO below throne. Ashton 250; Kleiner,
Alexander, Series XII, dies –/103 (unlisted obv. die); Price 2517; HGC 6, 1455. Good VF, lightly toned, minor die rust on reverse.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 57 (4 April 2001), lot 212.