397, Lot: 213. Estimate $300. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 246/5-168/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.97 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 43 or 44 (217/6 or 216/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; palm tree in left field, AP (civic) monogram below throne, [date in exergue]. Duyrat 1228–33 (obv. die D21); Price 3383 or 3384; DCA 771. VF, toned.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.