bgr_389477 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Didrachme
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Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Didrachme
Date: c. 316-305 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rhodes, Carie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Portrait à l’usure prononcée. Joli revers. Recouvert d’une épaisse patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête radiée d'Hélios de trois quarts de face à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Rose sur sa tige avec un bouton à droite ; dans le champ à gauche, une grappe de raisin ; le tout dans les restes d’un carré creux.
Reverse legend : RODION/ E.
Commentary
Portrait particulier. Pour ce type R. Ashton a recensé 53 exemplaires avec quatorze coins de droit soit un indice charactéroscopique de 3,79 pièces par coin.
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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