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Live auction - bgr_469235 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Tétradrachme

CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Tétradrachme AU/XF
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Estimate : 1 500 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 06 March 2018 14:33:05
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 230-205 AC.
Mint name / Town : Carie, Rhodes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait bien venu à la frappe, de haut relief. Joli revers de frappe molle avec un défaut de frappe. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient des ventes Lanz 50, 27 novembre 1989, n° 438, Lanz 117, 24 novembre 2003, n° 360, de MONNAIES 47, n° 123 (1150€ avec trois offres) et de la collection P. R. B

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête radiée d'Hélios de trois quarts de face à droite, rayonnant.

Reverse


Reverse description : Rose sur sa tige avec un bouton à droite ; dans le champ à gauche, un foudre posé verticalement.
Reverse legend : RODION/ EUKRA-THS.
Reverse translation : (de Rhodes/ Eukratès).

Commentary


Monétaire Eukratès. Pour ce type, il existe deux variétés avec le nom du monétaire au-dessus de la rose ou l’accostant comme sur notre exemplaire. Portrait de toute beauté. Poids léger.

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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