v19_0102 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Tridrachme
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 950.00 €
Estimate : 1 500.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 950.00 €
Estimate : 1 500.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tridrachme
Date: 394-387 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rhodes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,6 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,60 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan très large ovale et irrégulier. Flan piqué et corrodé. Exemplaire décentré de la plus grande rareté
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Héraklès enfant agenouillé à droite, étranglant des serpents.
Reverse
Reverse description : Rose sur sa tige.
Reverse legend : R-O
Historical background
CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES
(5th - 4th 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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