Islands off Caria, Rhodos, Rhodes Æ drachm, early 1st
Cent. AD, 24.91gm, magistrate Sphairos, 35.0mm.
Obv: Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right. Rev: Rose seen from above; PO above, ΣΦAIPOΣ
below; all within wreath. R. J. H.
Ashton, "Rhodian Coinage in the Early Imperial Period” in Recent Turkish
Coin Hoards, 105-6 (sod); SNG Copenhagen 870 (sod); BMC 345 (sod). VF; attractive in-hand; scarce.