v38_0241 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Didrachme
MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Didrachme
Date: c. 230-205 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rhodes
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,18 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de haut relief. Frappe un peu molle et brouillée au revers. A été nettoyé anciennement. Légèrement piqué dans le bas du champ. Recouvert d’une fine patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête radiée d'Hélios de trois quarts de face à droite, les cheveux flottant.
Reverse
Reverse description : Rose sur sa tige avec un bouton à droite ; dans le champ à gauche, un bouclier galate.
Reverse legend : R-O/ ANAXANDROS
Reverse translation : (de Rhodes/ Anaxandros).
Commentary
Magistrat, Anaxandros. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Magistrate, Anaxandros. This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
Magistrate, Anaxandros. This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
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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