Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 299. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Late 1st century BC-mid 1st century AD. Æ Drachm (25.27 g, 12h). Satyros, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose seen from above; SATUROS below; all within oak wreath. Ashton, Early 104 (this coin); SNG Keckman -; SNG Copenhagen 871 var. (magistrate; same obverse die). VF, dark green patina. ($500)

Ex Prof. Angelo Signorelli Collection, Part I (P. & P. Santamaria, 25 October 1951), lot 537.