bgr_976757 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Didrachme
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Type : Didrachme
Date: c. 250-230 AC
Mint name / Town : Rhodes, Carie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,51 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Portrait agréable. Patine grise
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, Artémis marchant à droite, tenant une torche.
Reverse legend : R-O/ AGESIDAMOS
Reverse translation : (Agésidamos).
Commentary
Magistrat : Agésidamos. Pour ce type, outre le didrachme, il existe aussi un statère d’or.
Historical background
CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES
(304-189 BC)
The chronology of the coinage of Rhodes between the siege of 305 BC by Demetrius Poliorcetes and the Peace of Apamea (188 BC.) could be clarified thanks to the work of R. Ashton, Rhodian Coinage and the Colossus, RN .1988,p.75-90, pl. XV-XVIII who devoted himself to a detailed study of these didrachms which enabled him to establish a chronology of the emissions. The invasions of the Galatians during the 3rd century BC were particularly devastating and forced the Greek cities to fortify.
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