Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 276. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $5250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 230-205 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.56 gm). Ameinias, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / RODION, rose with bud; prow to left, AMEINI-AS flanking stem. SNG Helsinki 542; BMC Caria pg. 241, 121; SNG Copenhagen 752; SNG von Aulock 2799; Boston MFA 2054. Toned EF, well centered on a broad flan, exceptional style. A remarkable tetradrachm. [See color enlargement on plate 6] ($4000)