ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Early 1st century AD. AR Drachm (16mm, 2.83 g). Reduced Attic standard. Radiate head of Helios facing / Open rose seen from above. Ashton & Weiss 11b (O2/R11); HN Online –; HGC 6, –; RPC I 2744. Attractive iridescent tone, a little die rust on obverse. EF. Rare.
From the Grand Haven Collection. Ex Waddell FPL 68 (1996), no. 61; Ariadne Galleries (9 December 1983), lot 127; Ariadne Galleries (7 December 1982), lot 121; Numismatic Fine Arts X (17 September 1981), lot 202; Numismatica Classica FPL 1 (ND [c. 1979]), no. 25.