v19_0105 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Drachme
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 235.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 264.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 235.00 €
Number of bids : 6
Maximum bid : 264.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 168 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rhodes ou Macédoine, monétaire Ermias
Metal : silver
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 2,63 g.
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire de flan large et complet
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Hélios de trois-quarts de face à droite, les cheveux flottants au vent.
Reverse
Reverse description : Rose sur sa tige avec un bouton à droite.
Reverse legend : I-W// ERMIAS
Historical background
CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES
(2nd - 1st century BC)
After the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC, Rhodes regained its independence. The island experienced twenty years of prosperity until the Romans proclaimed Delos a free port in 167 BC after the defeat of Perseus, king of Macedonia. The Rhodian fleet had supported the Macedonian king. Rhodian trade declined after this date. In 88 BC after the massacre of 80,000 Romans and Italians in Asia Minor, Mithridates VI, king of Pontus besieged Rhodes, without success.
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