88, Lot: 57. Estimate $75. Sold for $128. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA. Rhodes. Circa 120-84 BC. Æ 28mm (17.62 gm). Radiate head of Helios right / Rose; thunderbolt in right field; cista in left field. Jenkins Rhodian Pl. XXXIV, Z; SNG Helsinki 731 var. (symbols); SNG Copenhagen 857. Near VF, green patina with some earthen undertones.

Ex Lakeview Collection.



The profile head of Helios can safely be taken as a representation of the head of the famous Colossus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.