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bgr_860214 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Demi-unité

CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Demi-unité VF/XF
75.00 €(Approx. 78.75$ | 62.25£)
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 205-188 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rhodes, Carie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,27 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie décentrée au droit. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé et sable
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Hélios radiée à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Rose en bouton, vu de face sur sa tige.
Reverse legend : R-O.
Reverse translation : (de Rhodes).

Commentary


Monnayage le plus petit frappé à Rhodes.

Historical background


CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES

(5th - 4th century BC)

Rhodes, federal capital, was founded in 408 BC, date of the beginning of coinage. Rhodes was besieged by Demetrius Poliorcetes in 305 BC It was a failure. The Rhodians thanked the protective god by erecting a statue to him at the entrance to the port. Chares of Lindos built the Colossus of Rhodes between 292 and 284 BC It was one of the seven wonders of the world. 33 meters high, it was destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BC. An oracle forbade the Rhodians to rebuild it. Rhodes, an ally of Rome, finally emancipated itself from Seleucid rule after 188 BC.

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