Very Rare Issue of Memnon of Rhodes

341, Lot: 177. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Lampsakos(?). Memnon of Rhodes. Mid 4th century BC. AR Drachm (13mm, 3.24 g, 11h). Youthful head of Helios left [on radiate solar disk] / Rose with buds to either side; E-Y flanking. Ashton, Solar 1 (A1/P1); SNG von Aulock 2862; Traité II 1736 (same obv. die). VF, toned, minor granularity. Very rare.

This series of “solar disk” drachms has been variably attributed to Megiste, Nisyros, and Euthana. Recent hoard evidence, as well as single finds, has prompted a reattribution of this issue to a location in the Troad, probably Lampsakos (See Ashton, Memnon, pp. 11-15).