bgr_286012 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Hemidrachme
Not available.
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 225.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 225.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 305-275 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rhodes, Carie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,67 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Hélios à l’usure régulière. Revers inhabituel. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock CGB en mai 1992
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Hélios de trois quarts de face à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Rose sur sa tige avec un bouton à droite ; une feuille de vigne dans le champ à gauche.
Reverse legend : R O.
Reverse translation : (de Rhodes).
Commentary
Poids léger. Le mèches de cheveux de la tête d’Hélios forment une petite dépression sur son front.
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.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellRelated articles
Full data
cgbfr.com numismatists
