Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 4Auction date: 7 April 2024
Lot number: 83

Price realized: 50 CHF   (Approx. 55 USD / 51 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ISLANDS OFF CARIA. Rhodos. Circa 88-85 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 12.68 mm, 1.27 g). 'Plinthophoric' series, struck under the magistrate Dexagoras. Radiate head of Helios 3/4 facing to right. Rev. Rose with buds; above, ΔΕΧΑΓΟΡΑΣ; on the sides, P O; below to left, rose with bud to right and bunch of grapes to left within incuse square. Jenkins, "Rhodian Plinthophoroi", 1989, 39. HGC 6, 1462. BMC Caria 299. Toned. Very Fine.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 1:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 2Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 85

Price realized: 70 CHF   (Approx. 80 USD / 74 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ISLANDS OFF CARIA. Rhodos. Circa 88-85 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12.80 mm, 1.02 g). Rhodes. 'Plinthophoric' series, struck under the magistrate Maes. Radiate head of Helios to right. Rev. Rose with buds; above, MAHΣ; on the sides, P O; below to right, headdress of Isis; all within incuse square. G. K. Jenkins, "Rhodian Plinthophoroi", Kraay-Mørkholm Essays (1989), Group E, n.246. SNG Cop. 846. HGC 6, 1464. Lightl porosity. Very Fine.

Starting price: 30 CHF

Match 2:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 3Auction date: 22 February 2024
Lot number: 103

Price realized: 65 CHF   (Approx. 74 USD / 68 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ISLANDS OFF CARIA. Rhodos. Circa 88-84 BC. Drachm (Silver, 14.36 mm, 2.63 g). Rhodes. 'Plinthophoric' series, struck under the magistrate Nikephoros. Radiate head of Helios to right. Rev. ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΣ / P - O Rose with bud to right; in left field, hand holding grain ear; all within incuse square. G. K. Jenkins, "Rhodian Plinthophoroi", Kraay-Mørkholm Essays (1989), Group E, n. 249. HN Online 160 (temporary). HGC 6, 1461. SNG Finland, Keckman, 676. SNG Ashmolean 682-684. SNG Cop. 824. Toned. Good Very Fine.

Starting price: 20 CHF

Match 3:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 3Auction date: 22 February 2024
Lot number: 101

Price realized: 55 CHF   (Approx. 62 USD / 58 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ISLANDS OFF CARIA. Rhodos. Circa 230-205 BC. Drachm (Silver, 14.59 mm, 2.87 g). Rhodes, struck under the magistrate Eukrates. Head of Helios facing slightly to right. Rev. EYKPATΗΣ / P - O Rose with bud to right; in left field, tripod. R. Ashton, "The Coinage of Rhodes 408-c.
190 BC.", 2001, 225. HN Online 402 (temporary). HGC 6, 1445. SNG Finland, Keckman, 559-560. SNG von Aulock 2814-2815. Toned. Faint porosity,small cut on reverse, otherwise, Very Fine.

Starting price: 20 CHF

Match 4:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 3Auction date: 22 February 2024
Lot number: 102

Price realized: 22 CHF   (Approx. 25 USD / 23 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


ISLANDS OFF CARIA. Rhodos. Circa 230-205 BC. Drachm (Silver, 13.82 mm, 2.04 g). Rhodes, struck under the magistrate Ameinias. Head of Helios facing slightly to right. Rev. AMEINIAΣ / P - O Rose with bud to right; in left field, trident. R. Ashton, "The Coinage of Rhodes 408-c. 190 BC.", 2001, 224. HN Online 398 (temporary). HGC 6, 1445. SNG Finland, Keckman, 552-554. SNG von Aulock 2810. SNG Cop. 776. Dark patina. Die break on obverse. Very Fine.

Starting price: 20 CHF

Match 5:
Astarte S.A. > Web Auction 3Auction date: 22 February 2024
Lot number: 94

Price realized: 42 CHF   (Approx. 48 USD / 44 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


CARIA. Mylasa. Circa 180-140 BC. Drachm (Silver, 15.96 mm, 2.19 g). Pseudo-Rhodian type. Facing head of Helios with eagle superimposed on right cheek. Rev. Rose with two buds; Ξ - A / monogram - A on either side. R.H.J. Ashton-G. Reger, "The pseudo-Rhodian drachms of Mylasa revisited", 2006, 172-173. HN Online 2397 (temporary). SNG Tübingen, 3634-3635. Dark patina. Good very Fine. Rare variant.
This coin is from the last issue of the pseudo-Rhodian drachms at Mylasa. In this phase of the coinage, Ashton recognized that the two line inscription on the reverse encompassed the abbreviated name of the magistrate responsible for the coinage, and the abbreviated month of the Macedonian calendar in which the issue was struck.

Starting price: 30 CHF