Details
LOT 2751
Phoenicia, Arados AR Tetradrachm. Circa 138/7-44/3 BC.
Dated CY 183 (77/6 BC). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche to right / ΑΡΑΔΙΩΝ, Nike advancing to left, holding aphlaston and palm; ΓΠP (date), Phoenician letter 'Q', and MΣ to left; all within wreath. Duyrat 3668-78; DCA 772; HGC 10, 72. Very Fine. Tooled and smoothed.(15.17gr, 28mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 327, 28 May 2014, lot 796.
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