★ Unpublished variety missing part of the date ★

PHOENICIA. Arados. Circa 172/1-111/0 BC. Drachm (Silver, 18 mm, 3.46 g, 12 h), year 98 = 162-161. Bee; to left, H (= year [9]8); to right, monogram of ΠΝ. Rev. ΑΡΑΔΙΩΝ Stag standing right; in background, palm tree. Cf. BMC 155-6 ( Hq instead of H ). Cf. Duyrat 2782-822 ( Hq instead of H ). Unpublished variety missing part of the date. Scratches on the obverse, otherwise, very fine.

Usually the date to the left of the bee is written Hq, but here it appears that the q was omitted. We can confirm, however, that the date is indeed meant to represent year 98, and not 108, by the presence of the monogram of ΠΝ in the right field, which is only found on year 98 drachms. All examples illustrated in Duyrat's corpus show the date written as Hq.