bgr_1026062 - CARIA - CARIAN ISLANDS - RHODES Hemidrachme
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 408-390 AC.
Mint name / Town : Rhodes, Carie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,72 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Hélios de trois quarts de face à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Rose sur sa tige sans bouton dans les restes d’un carré creux.
Reverse legend : R -O
Reverse translation : (de 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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