GS110252. Silver diobol,
apparently unpublished denomination, cf. Betlyon 13; HGC 10 46; BMC Phoenicia p. 7, 45 (all obols), aEF, toned, tight flan, Arados (Arwad, Syria) mint, weight 1.355g, maximum diameter 10.0mm, die axis 0
o, c. 350 - 339 B.C.; obverse laureate bearded head of Ba'al Arwad right, with profile eye; reverse galley right, three lines of waves below, Phoenician letters mem aleph above (from right to left, abbreviating Melech Arad - King of Arados);
no other specimens of this Arados diobol type known to FORVM;
extremely rare;
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