bpv_603102 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Unité
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Price : 90.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 31-60
Mint name / Town : Carie Rhodes
Metal : copper
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 24,41 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré des deux côtés. Joli portrait. Métal légèrement piqué. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête radiée de Dionysos à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké (Victoria) debout à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et un thyrse de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : EPI ANTIGONOU RODIOWN
Reverse translation : (Magistrat Antigone de Rhodes).
Commentary
Magistrat : Antigone.
Historical background
CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES
(1st century AD)
After the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC, Rhodes regained its independence. The island experienced twenty years of prosperity until the Romans proclaimed Delos a free port in 167 BC after the defeat of Perseus, king of Macedonia. The Rhodian fleet had supported the Macedonian king. Rhodian trade declined after this date. In 88 BC after the massacre of 80,000 Romans and Italians in Asia Minor, Mithridates VI, king of Pontus besieged Rhodes, without success. Rhodes remained important during the Roman period, but never regained the role it played in the Hellenistic period.
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CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Unité VF
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CANADA 1 Dollar Elisabeth II / XIe jeux du Commonwealth 1978 AU
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