ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 205-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.48 g, 12h). Chian standard. Ainetor, magistrate.

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Lot: 121. Estimated: $ 5 000

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ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 205-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.48 g, 12h). Chian standard. Ainetor, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose in profile, with bud to right; AINHTΩP above; to left, butterfly flying right. Ashton 262; HGC 6, 1422; SNG Keckman –; SNG Copenhagen –; Karl –. EF. From the final issue of Rhodian tetradrachms. Very rare magistrate, only one in CoinArchives.

Ex Gasvoda Collection (Triton XXII, 9 January 2019) lot 273 (hammer $7500); CNG inventory 804459 (December 2008).

Ainetor is better known from the Alexander type tetradrachms that Rhodes issued concurrently with the present civic type.

Closing Date and Time: 17 June 2020 at 10:40:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.