Lot 3520

Description

Carian Islands, Rhodes, (360-late 340's B.C.), silver didrachm, (6.54 g), obv. head of Helios three-quarter face to right with hair loose, rev. rose, with bud on right, to left E and a bunch of grapes attached to branch, above **ROD[ION]* all within incuse square, (S.5037, BMC 27-9 [p.233], SNG Finland 436-440 [similar dies], Ashton 98). Bright, edge porosity, otherwise very fine and scarce.