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                                Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 460. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
                                2005. ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 
                                305-275 BC. AR Didrachm (6.43 gm, 12h). BID 
                                Estimate $1000  

                              ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Circa 305-275 
                              BC. AR Didrachm (6.43 gm, 12h). Radiate head of 
                              Helios right / Rose with two buds flanking; A to 
                              left, caduceus to right. Ashton 166; Ashton, 
                              Colossus 12 (A6/P7; this coin); cf. SNG Copenhagen 
                              734. Good VF, toned, minor porosity, light scratch 
                              on obverse. Rare. ($1000)

                              Ashton suggests that this issue of profile-head 
                              didrachms from 305-275 BC was produced to finance 
                              the construction of the Colossus, and that because 
                              the head is strikingly different from the usual 
                              portrait of Helios, it may actually portray the 
                              head of the Colossus.

                              Ashton describes the obverse of this coin as 
                              heavily tooled. Upon close inspection, though, 
                              this coin clearly has not been tooled. The hair 
                              does exhibit unusual detail for this issue, and it 
                              is possible that the die (A6, of which this is the 
                              sole example) was re-engraved at some stage of its 
                              life.








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High bid of $650, $747.5 including 15% buyers fee, or approximately €526.5, £357.5, C$812.5, A$845, on June 8, 2005.

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