bgr_839001 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Drachme
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 205-200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Crète, atelier incertain
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Hélios (Apollon) de face à gauche, les cheveux flottants et tombant.
Reverse
Reverse description : Rose sur sa tige avec un bouton à droite ; dans le champ à gauche, un caducée.
Reverse legend : R-O/ AINHTWR
Reverse translation : (Rhodes/ Ainétor).
Commentary
Poids léger. Imitation de Rhodes, frappée en Crète. Pour cette série pseudo-rhodienne, nous trouvons sept noms associés : Gorgos, Straton, Sosikratès, Érakleitos, Kallippos, Boulakratès et Ainétor. Pour ce dernier, nous avons trois variétés (Ashton 339-341).
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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