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bgr_286726 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Drachme

CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Drachme AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 380.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 175-160 AC.
Mint name / Town : Mylassa, Carie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,33 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan, légèrement décentré au droit et court au revers. Très beau portrait inhabituel. Joli revers avec une rose de haut relief. Belle patine avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Platt à Rouen en novembre 1992

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Hélios (Apollon) de face à droite, les cheveux tombant timbré sur la joue d’un aigle tourné à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Rose sur sa tige avec un bouton à droite.
Reverse legend : U-P/ M-I.

Commentary


Mêmes coins que l’exememplaire de la vente KMK38 du 18 avril 1985, n° 105 (R. Ashton, NC. 1992, p. 16, n° 241, pl. 7, A /86 - R/ 186).

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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