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v47_0124 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Didrachme

CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Didrachme AU
MONNAIES 47 (2011)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 530.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 611.00 €
Type : Didrachme
Date: c. 230-205 AC.
Mint name / Town : Carie, Rhodes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,54 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Portrait de haut relief de toute beauté. Revers magnifique de haut relief. Très jolie patine de collection avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du trésor de Rhodes et de la vente Burgan du 6 décembre 1986, n° 348

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête radiée d'Hélios de trois quarts de face à droite, rayonnant.

Reverse


Reverse description : Rose sur sa tige avec un bouton à droite ; dans le champ à gauche, un aplustre ; le tout dans un grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : R-O// ARISTOKRITOS.
Reverse translation : (de Rhodes/ Aristocritos).

Commentary


Magistrat Aristocritos. Portrait de toute beauté.

Historical background


CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES

(3rd - 2nd 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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