392, Lot: 336. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 17.07 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 44 (216/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP monogram below throne, 44 (date, in Phoenician) and ShT (in Aramaic) in exergue. Duyrat 1235–44 (obv. die D23); Price 3384; HGC 10, 61; DCA 754. VF, lightly toned, softly struck on obverse. Clear date.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.