GS111449. Silver stater, BMC Phoenicia p. 10, 57; Rouvier III p. 131, 8; HGC 10 32 (R1); Betlyon 26; Sunrise -; SNG Cop -, VF, attractive style, centered on a tight flan, test cut, tiny edge crack, Arados (Arwad, Syria) mint, weight 10.437g, maximum diameter 20.9mm, die axis 270
o, c. 348 - 338 B.C.; obverse laureate head of bearded Ba'al Arwad right, with profile eye; reverse galley right, figure of Pataikos right on prow, row of shields on bulwark, Phoenician letters mem aleph mem (Melech Arad M - King of Arados M) from right to left above, three waves below; from the CEB Collection; ex Edward J. Waddell (Oct 1987);
rare;
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