Ex Karl Collection

419, Lot: 197. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 205-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32.3mm, 16.22 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above rose; PO below throne. Ashton 245; Kleiner, Rhodes, Series III; Price 2511; Karl 525 (this coin). VF, deeply toned, some old scratches and marks under tone.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Erich Karl Collection (Lanz 131, 27 November 2006), lot 525; Lanz 86 (18 May 1998), lot 186.