Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 558. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA. Rhodes. Circa 275-250 BC. AR Didrachm (6.69 gm). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; helmet to left, ERASIKLHS (magistrate) above. Cf. SNG Helsinki 508 (hemidrachm); SNG Copenhagen 738. Attractively toned, good VF, perfectly centered. ($500)