Phoenicia, Arados. Silver Tetradrachm, 1st century B.C.

(26mm, 15.02g), obverse shows the turreted bust of Tyche within a border of dots; the reverse depicts Nike advancing left, APAΔIΩN behind, dated AOP/Λ /MΣ (89/8 B.C.), all within a wreath. BMC 226, Very Fine condition.

From the estate of the late Robert H. Staton Jr., Durham, North Carolina

Arados, known today as Arwad, is recognized as being the only island off the Mediterranean Sea's eastern coast.