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NYINC Signature Sale 3061 7-8 Jan 2018
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CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 404-385 BC. AR tetradrachm (23mm, 15.27 gm, 12h). NGC AU★ 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Head of Helios, hair in radiating waves, looking slightly to right / POΔION, rose with single bud on left, Φ above wreath in right field, all within incuse square. HGC 6, 1418 (this coin pictured). Bérend 39 (this coin). Ashton 35. Rare. With a hypnotic head of Helios in exquisite style, deeply struck in sound metal, with lovely light toning over satin surfaces.
Ex Goldberg 59 (30 May 2010), lot 2150; Sotheby's "Important Greek and Roman Coins" (Zurich, 26 October 1993), lot 56; NFA XXX (8 December 1992), lot 94; Leu 50 (1990), lot 173; originally from the Marmaris Hoard of 1970 (IGCH 1209).
If a coin could be termed a "celebrity," this marvelous facing head of Rhodes would be among that elite set, having been pictured in nearly all of the important references on Rhodian coinage and boasting a blue-blooded pedigree. And why not, with a face as hauntingly hypnotic as the one produced by one of the most masterful engravers of his era? Incredibly, we have a second Rhodes tetradrachm from the same die pairing, in similar grade, with an equally compelling head of Helios, on the previous page!
HID02901242017
Estimate: 25000-35000 USD
CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 404-385 BC. AR tetradrachm (23mm, 15.27 gm, 12h). NGC AU★ 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Head of Helios, hair in radiating waves, looking slightly to right / POΔION, rose with single bud on left, Φ above wreath in right field, all within incuse square. HGC 6, 1418 (this coin pictured). Bérend 39 (this coin). Ashton 35. Rare. With a hypnotic head of Helios in exquisite style, deeply struck in sound metal, with lovely light toning over satin surfaces.
Ex Goldberg 59 (30 May 2010), lot 2150; Sotheby's "Important Greek and Roman Coins" (Zurich, 26 October 1993), lot 56; NFA XXX (8 December 1992), lot 94; Leu 50 (1990), lot 173; originally from the Marmaris Hoard of 1970 (IGCH 1209).
If a coin could be termed a "celebrity," this marvelous facing head of Rhodes would be among that elite set, having been pictured in nearly all of the important references on Rhodian coinage and boasting a blue-blooded pedigree. And why not, with a face as hauntingly hypnotic as the one produced by one of the most masterful engravers of his era? Incredibly, we have a second Rhodes tetradrachm from the same die pairing, in similar grade, with an equally compelling head of Helios, on the previous page!
HID02901242017
Estimate: 25000-35000 USD