Watch List notes:

ISLANDS OFF CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 31 BC-AD 60. Drachm (Bronze, 36 mm, 21.48 g, 1 h), Hypsikles, magistrate. Radiate and draped bust of Dionysos to right, wearing wreath of ivy and fruit. Rev. ΡΟΔΙ/ΩΝ - ΕΠΙ Υ/ΨΙΚ[ΛΗ/ΟΥC] Nike standing right on prow, holding aphlaston in her right hand and palm frond over her left shoulder. Karl 762 = RPC I 2761.7 (this coin). A very attractive example with a beautiful patina. Minor areas of weakness, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From a Bavarian collection and from the collection of E. Karl, Lanz 131, 27 November 2006, 762, ex Giessener Münzhandlung 64, 11 October 1993, 183.