ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 1h). 'Plinthophoric' coinage. Stasion, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / Rose with bud to right; star to left, ΣTAΣIΩN above; all within incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group A, 9; HGC 6, 1457. Deep gray find patina intact, area of reverse roughness. In NGC encapsulation 5872733-018, graded Ch VF.
From the Robert W. Bartlett Bequest Sold for the Benefit of the American Numismatic Society, purchased from London Coin Galleries, Mission Viejo, CA, May 1981.