GS94264. Silver tetrobol, HGC 10 41 (R1); Betlyon 27; cf. BMC Phoenicia p. 10, 59 (obol); SNG Cop 15 ff. (inscription off flan), Choice gVF, superb portrait, toned, well centered on a tight flan, light marks, Arados (Arwad, Syria) mint, weight 3.334g, maximum diameter 12.5mm, die axis 0
o, c. 349 - 340 B.C.; obverse laureate bearded head of Ba'al Arwad right; reverse galley right, figure of Pataikos right on prow, row of shields on bulwark, Phoenician letters mem aleph peh (Melech Arad = King of Arados P) from right to left above, three waves below; ex Gorny & Mosch online auction 267 (17 Oct 2019), lot 3299; ex Shlomo Moussaieff Collection (London, 1948 - 1980s);
rare;
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