Phonecia, Arados AR tetradrachm 64-63 BC Tyche facing right wearing mural crown/winged Nike, pedigree to before 1941 VF+

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Phoenicia, Arados, AR tetradrachm (15.02 g), civic year 196 = 64-63 BC. Bust of Tyche right wearing mural crown/winged Nike standing left holding aphlaston, ethnic to right, date formula to left.

Better than very fine, bright metal. Rare with an old provenance.

DCA 772; BMC 273

From an old Austrian collection formed circa 1960s, with numbered ticket (291) noting the following provenance:
ex-Dorotheum auction 253, 23 October 1962, lot 772 (385 ATS hammer), illustrated;
ex-Karl Hollschek (1859-1941) collection.

Karl Hollschek was one of the most important coin collectors of the 20th century. Born in Boehmia, he lived for most his life in Vienna, where he was the owner of the Karolinebad public bathhouse. He collected coins of every description, and at the time of his death he owned over 225,000 coins, including many great rarities. The collection took seven years to sell at auction in Vienna, between 1956 and 1963.

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