bgr_599507 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Drachme
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Price : 250.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 205-189 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rhodes, Carie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,51 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré )à l’usure plus prononcée au droit. Belle tête d’Hélios avec la chevelure bien visible. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Hélios (Apollon) de face à droite, les cheveux flottants et tombant.
Reverse
Reverse description : Rose sur sa tige avec un bouton à droite ; dans le champ à gauche, arc dans son goryte (carquois).
Reverse legend : R-O/ AINHTWR
Reverse translation : (Rhodes/ Ainétor).
Commentary
Avec ce nom de magistrat (Ainétor) nous trouvons aussi le caducée, le papillon et l’aphlaston comme symboles. L’arc dans son carquois est aussi associé à Gorgos (Ahston 2001, n° 288-289).
Along with this magistrate's name (Ainetor) we also find the caduceus, the butterfly and the aphlaston as symbols. The bow in his quiver is also associated with Gorgos (Ahston 2001, nos. 288-289).
Along with this magistrate's name (Ainetor) we also find the caduceus, the butterfly and the aphlaston as symbols. The bow in his quiver is also associated with Gorgos (Ahston 2001, nos. 288-289).
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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