Watch List notes:

PHOENICIA, Arados. Circa 138/7-44/3 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 14.87 g, 1h). Dated CY 206 (54/3 BC). Veiled, draped, and turreted bust of Tyche right / Nike advancing left, holding aphlaston in extended right hand, cradling palm frond in left arm; in left field, ςC (date) above A (in Aramaic) above EΣ; APAΔIΩN to right; all within laurel wreath. Unpublished year for series. Near EF, attractive collection toning with blue and red hues, areas of slight roughness. Well centered and struck. Apparently unique for date.


From the collection of a Southern Pathologist, purchased from C. H. Wolfe, 8 November 1988.