ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 205-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 17.18 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Ainetor, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, ΑΙΝΗΤΩΡ above rose; PO below throne. Kleiner,
Rhodes, Group II, Series XIII, dies X/111; Ashton 251; Price 2518; HN Online 868; HGC 6, 1455. Toned, minor doubling, traces of find patina. Near EF. Imposing style.
Ex Richard Ashton Collection, purchased from Staples Coins, 26 August 2002.
