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bgr_869126 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 350-304 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rhodes, Carie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de la nymphe Rhodos à droite, coiféée d’un stephanos.
Reverse
Reverse description : Rose en bouton, vu de face sur sa tige vue à droite.
Reverse legend : R-O
Reverse translation : (de Rhodes).
Commentary
Monnayage le plus petit frappé à Rhodes.
Smallest coinage struck in Rhodes
Smallest coinage struck in Rhodes
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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