Lot 4358
Phoenicia. Arados, c. 185-75 BC. Lot of Two AR Coins. After 137 BC., AR Tetradrachm, struck 79-78 BC. Veiled, draped bust of Tyche right, wearing mural crown / Nike left, holding aplustre and palm; ethnic and date at left, all within laurel wreath (BMC 250). Compact style and flan; toned. Also, a Drachm, struck 170/169 BC.: Top view of bee / Stag standing before date palm (BMC 151). Some surface roughness, deeply toned. First, Fine; second Choice Very Fine.
Estimated Value $125 - 200.
Ex Shirley Barr Sage Collection, published in her Biblical Numismatics: Thirty Pieces of Silver, coin nos. 48, 51.
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