ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 229-205 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23.5mm, 13.29 g, 12h). Ameinias, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose in profile, with bud to right; POΔION above; to left, prow right; AMEIN-IAΣ flanking stem. Ashton 212; HN Online 387; HGC 6, 1432; SNG von Aulock 2799; SNG Copenhagen 759; SNG Keckman 542; Boston MFA 2054. Lightly toned. Good VF. Exceptional strike in high relief from the finest dies of this period.
Ex Hunter Collection (Goldberg 72, 5 February 2013), lot 4080; Sunrise Collection (Triton X, 9 January 2007), lot 363.
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