Lot 3613
Sale 63 · Important Australia Coins & Banknotes, World Coins & War Medals, Featuring Highlights of the Moran Collection
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Description
Phoenicia, Aradus, (202-133 B.C.), silver drachm, (3.830 grams), issued 169-8 B.C., obv. bee with open wings dividing A RE, all within dotted border, rev. stag standing to right, palm tree behind, before **[AR]ADI[WN]*, (cf.S.5989, BMC 152-154). Slightly off centred on the reverse, damaged on the obverse, attractive dark grey patination, otherwise very fine and scarce.
The derivation of this coin type from Ephesus is obvious and it was probably due to some purely commercial reason. The series is dated and each group of letters on the obverse corresponds to a specific date (p.xxx-xxxi BMC).
- Estimate
- $160
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $200