274, Lot: 179. Estimate $150. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 138/7-44/3 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 14.96 g, 12h). Dated CY 163 (97/6 BC). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / Nike standing left, holding aplustre and palm; ΓΧP (date), Phoenician letter, and MC to left; all within wreath. Duyrat 3239-3243 (D45/R?); BMC 211; HGC 10, 72; DCA 772. Near EF, lightly toned, some roughness, scuff in left field of obverse.