107, Lot: 102. Estimate $150. Sold for $175. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Arados. Girastart (Gerostratos). Circa 339/8-332 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 10.09 gm). Dated RY 5 (335/4 BC). Laureate head of Melkart right / Galley right; three waves below, date and name (in Phoenician) above. Betlyon 29; BMC Phoenicia pg. 11, 68; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, toned, typical small flan.

Girastart (Gerostratos) was the last Persian governor of Arados, and was deposed by Alexander the Great without incident.