107, Lot: 49. Estimate $200. Sold for $310. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE? Circa 200 BC. AR Didrachm (24mm, 3.61 gm). Rhodian standard. Gorgos, magistrate. Head of Medusa with winged diadem; countermark: winged bust of Nike right / Rose; star to left. Ashton SM 146, A1. Fine. Very rare. 

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group XXV (24 March 1993), lot 283.

Most likely struck to pay Cretan mercenary troops employed by Rhodes.