GS110249. Silver stater, cf. BMC Phoenicia pp. 4 - 5, 18 - 26; Betlyon 10 p. 86, pl. 6, 7; HGC 10 28 ff. (R1), VF, light toning, slightly off center, tight flan as usual for the type, Arados (Arwad, Syria) mint, weight 10.519g, maximum diameter 20.5mm, die axis 315
o, c. 380 - 339 B.C.; obverse laureate bearded head of Ba'al Arwad right, archaic almond shaped eye; reverse galley right, row of shields on bulwark, oars not presented, Phoenician letters mem aleph above, three waves below, all within a shallow round incuse; ex Noble Numismatics auction 123 (31 March 2020), lot 3166; ex George Mihailuk Collection, acquired from Richard Welling 15 Aug 2009;
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