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Classical Numismatic Group > Mail Bid Sale 69Auction date: 8 June 2005
Lot number: 468

Lot description:


ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 31 BC-60 AD. Æ 34mm (31.33 gm, 12h). Teimostratos, magistrate.

Estimate $200

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 31 BC-60 AD. Æ 34mm (31.33 gm, 12h). Teimostratos, magistrate. Radiate head of young Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath / Nike standing right on prow, holding aplustre; TEI-M[O]-CTPA/TOY around. Ashton, "Rhodian coinage in the imperial period," Recent Turkish Coin Hoards and Numismatic Studies, 110-112 var. (all include TAMIA in reverse legend); SNG Keckman -; RPC I -; SNG Copenhagen --. Near VF, mottled brown patina with traces of green on obverse, minor pitting on reverse. An apparently unique and unpublished variety. ($200)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Purchased from A.H. Baldwin, June 1978 (includes their ticket).