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Triton XXIII 14-15 Jan 2020
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ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 205-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 13.52 g, 12h). Stasion, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; ΣTAΣIΩN above, snake coiled around omphalos to left, P-O flanking stem. Ashton 261; HGC 6, 1422; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Keckman –; SNG von Aulock –. Lightly toned. Near EF. Very rare, only two in CoinArchives.
From the Richard Sharf Collection, purchased from Derek Warden, 12 Janaury 2013.
The magistrate Stasion was one of a handful of magistrates whose name appears on both these civic tetradrachms and tetradrachms of Alexander type that were struck in the same period on Rhodes. Stasion's Alexanders are quite numerous, but his civic issue is quite rare.
From the Richard Sharf Collection, purchased from Derek Warden, 12 Janaury 2013.
The magistrate Stasion was one of a handful of magistrates whose name appears on both these civic tetradrachms and tetradrachms of Alexander type that were struck in the same period on Rhodes. Stasion's Alexanders are quite numerous, but his civic issue is quite rare.