Important Ancient Coins

GREEK COINAGES, Islands off Karia, RHODES, Drachm, c. 88-43 BC, radiate head of Helios facing slightly right, rev. ΣΦΑΙΡΟΣ, rose seen from above, 21.04g/12h (Ashton, Rhodian coinage in the early imperial period, in Recent Turkish Coin Hoards and Numismatic Studies, p.79, 98-9 and pl. 4.4, same obv. die; BMC 343). Good very fine, dark brown-green patina, exceptional for this rare late issue £800-1,000