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153741. Sold For $225

PHOENICIA, Arados. Girastart (Gerostratos). Circa 339/8-332 BC. AR Stater (17mm, 10.27 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 -. Good VF for issue.

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