v45_0135 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Didrachme
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Didrachme
Date: c. 305-274 AC.
Mint name / Town : Carie, Rhodes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait à l’usure régulière. Revers bien centré. Patine de collection ancienne, légèrement granuleuse avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection A. S.
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête radiée d'Hélios de trois quarts de face à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Rose sur sa tige avec un bouton à droite ; dans le champ à gauche, un vase.
Reverse legend : [RO]DION/ EU
Reverse translation : (de Rhodes).
Commentary
L’émission avec la marque EY et le vase semble moins courante. Néanmoins, nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente.
The issue with the EY mark and the vase seems less common. However, we have not noted any relevant die identity.
The issue with the EY mark and the vase seems less common. However, we have not noted any relevant die identity.
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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