ISLANDS OFF CARIA.
RHODOS. Plinthophoric stater, gold, about 125-100. AV 7.10 g. Radiate head of Helios facing, slightly turned r. Rev. P - O Open rose with buds on either side, in lower r. field, radiate sun disk; above, ANTAIOΣ; all within shallow incuse square. G.K. Jenkins, Rhodian Plinthophoroi - A Sketch, Studies Kraay-Morkholm 109, 128; Ph. Lederer, Neue Beiträge zur antiken Münzkunde aus schweizerischen öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen, Schweiz. Numismatische Rundschau (SNR) 30 (1943), 64, 61 (this specimen, illustrated on pl. VIII); T. Hackens, Trésor hellénistique trouvé à Délos en 1964, Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique (BCH) 1965, 521, 11 (this specimen, illustrated on pl. 15).
Of great rarity. High relief on obv. Slightly rough surfaces. Extremely fine

Provenance:
From an old Swiss collection started in the19th century; acquired in 1935 from S. Rosenberg, Francfort (see Hackens 521, note 5).