ARADUS SILVER DRACHM – DATED ISSUE OF CIVIC YEAR 88 – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK PHOENICIA COIN (Inv. 18301)

$1,750.00

18301. PHOENICIA. ARADUS. Ca. 172-110 BC.
Silver drachm, 4.21 g, 18 mm. Issue dated CY 88 (172/1 BC).
Obv. Bee, monogram (date) to left, MC monogram to right. Rev. APAΔIΩN, stag right before palm tree.
Duyrat, 2576-2578 (D2/R1).
Ex Hess-Divo, 334, 5/29/2018, lot 82.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 5/4, Surface 5/5, nicely centered with great eye appeal. This specimen is from the first issue of pseudo-Ephesian drachms struck by the city of Aradus.