ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Late 1st century BC-mid 1st century AD. Æ Drachm (33mm, 18.09 g, 12h). Sphairos, tamias. VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 125. Estimated: $ 500

Roman Provincial, Bronze

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ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Late 1st century BC-mid 1st century AD. Æ Drachm (33mm, 18.09 g, 12h). Sphairos, tamias. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Full-blown rose within oak wreath; ΣΦAIPOΣ below rose. Ashton, Early 105-6; RPC I, p. 454-5 (for discussion of series); SNG Keckman –; BMC 345. Earthen green patina, some chipping of the patina at the edges. VF.

From the W. Toliver Besson Collection. Ex W. F. Stoecklin Collection (Nomos Obolos 8, 2 December 2017), lot 300; Münzhandlung Basel 10 (15 March 1938), lot 348.


Closing Date and Time: 22 July 2026 at 10:41:20 ET.



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