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Home > Karia > Rhodes Last additions - Rhodes Rhodes (BC 304-275) Didrachm659 viewsca 304-275 BC. AR Didrachm (6.86g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / ΡΟΔΙΟΝ, rose with bud to right; grape cluster and EY to left. Good VF, toned, reverse slightly double struck.May 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 100) Hemidrachm593 viewsafter 100 BC. AR Hemidrachm - Triobol (1.14g). Radiate head of Helios 3/4 right / Rose with two buds, star to right, ΜΗΝΟΣ (?) (magistrate) above. EF.May 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 188-84) Diobol527 viewsca 188-84 BC. AR Diobol (0.88g). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose with bud to left; caduceus to right. EF, toned. Ex Auktion Tkalec & Rauch 4 (1989), lot 141.May 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 275-250) Diobol802 viewsca 275-250 BC. AR Diobol (0.93g). Head of Helios right / Two rosebuds, helmet above. VF.1 commentsMay 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 188-84) Diobol478 viewsca 188-84 BC. AR Diobol (0.95g, 11h). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, Rose with bud to left; star to right. Superb EF, toned. Choice flan.May 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 205-188) Drachm456 viewsca 205-188 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 2.59g, 12h). Helios head facing slightly right, Gorgon-like with snake-like hair / Rose wtih bud to right, bowcase to left, P - O below rose, ΓΟΡΓΟΣ (magistrate) above. An interesting double-pun - on Rhodes/rose and Gorgos/gorgon-like Helios.May 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm500 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (17 mm, 2.52g, 1h). Helios radiate head right / Rose with bud to left, rising sun to right, P--O below rose, ΑΝΤΑΙΟΣ (magistrate).May 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 230-205) Tetradrachm560 viewsca 230-205 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.53g, 12h). Helios radiate head 3/4 to right / Rose with bud to right, thunderbolt to left, ΡΟΔΙΟΝ above, ΑΜΕΙΝΙ−ΑΣ (magistrate).May 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) Didrachm489 viewsca 40 BC-25 AD. AR Didrachm (20 mm, 4.28g, 12h). Helios radiate head 3/4 right / Full-blown rose from above, corn-ear w/in border of dots, P - O around.May 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) Didrachm397 viewsca 40 BC-25 AD. AR Didrachm (19mm, 4.10g, 6h). Helios radiate hd 3/4 right / Full-blown rose from above, corn-ear within border of dots, P - O around, ΑΙΝΕΑΣ (magistrate).May 20, 2005 Rhodes (BC 230-205) Tetradrachm637 viewsca 230-205 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.50g). Tharsytas, magistrate. Facing radiate head of Helios / Rose with bud; eagle on torch, ΘΑΡΣΥΤΑΣ. Near EF. Well struck, good metal.Apr 29, 2005 Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) AE 18562 viewsca 40-25 BC. AE18 (3.49g). Radiate head of Helios right / ΡΟΔΙωΝ, open rose, seen from above; herm. EF, wonderful green patina.Apr 29, 2005 Rhodes (BC 88) AE 28621 viewsca 88 BC, Siege of Mithradates VI. AE28 (14.61g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose; helmet to left, thunderbolt to right. VF, dark brown patina. Good strike on a broad flan, much superior most published specimens in the series. Struck during Mithradates VI's failed 6-month siege of Rhodes in 88 BC. Unable to produce enough silver for military expenditures, the Rhodians resorted to a fiduciary bronze coinage. (See R. Ashton, Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Siege of Mithradates VI, in NumChron 2001.)Apr 29, 2005 Rhodes (BC 188-84) Diobol481 viewsca 188-84 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 0.93g, 12h). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose with bud to left; caduceus to right. Superb EF, toned.Apr 29, 2005 Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm709 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 2.94g, 12h). Antaios, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose, bud to right; sun to right, ΑΝΤΑΙΟΣ above. Superb EF, slight reverse die shift.Apr 29, 2005 Rhodes (BC 188-170) Drachm732 viewsca 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 3.12g, 12h). Agemachos, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / P-O, rose, bud to right; aphlaston to left, ΑΓΕΜΑΧΟΣ above. EF, darkly toned, spot of encrustation on reverse. Struck from artistic dies.Apr 29, 2005 Rhodes (BC 40-AD 25) Didrachm485 viewsca 40 BC-25 AD. AR Didrachm (21mm, 3.82g, 9h). Timostratos, magistrate. Radiate facing head of Helios / Rose in full bloom, ΤΙΜΟΣΤΡΑΤΟΣ around. EF, toned.Apr 29, 2005 Rhodes (BC 250-230) Didrachm486 viewsca 250-230 BC. AR Didrachm (6.79g). Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / Rose with bud to right; Athena holding aphlaston to left, TIMOΘΕΟΣ (magistrate) above. Good very fine.Mar 21, 2005 Rhodes (AD 138-161) AE 19 - Antoninus Pius452 viewsAntoninus Pius, 138-161 AD. AE19 (3.73 g). Laureate head right, ANTΩΝΙΝOC KAICAP / radiate and draped head Helios right, POΔΙΩN. Very fine.Jan 02, 2005 Rhodes (BC 125-88) Drachm620 viewsca 125-88 BC. AR Drachm (2.54g, 16mm). Radiate head Helios right / Rose with bud to right, P-O, ΦΙΛΟ[...]TPAΣ. Very fine.Jan 02, 2005 Rhodes (BC 304-275) Didrachm452 viewsca 304-275 BC. AR Didrachm (6.64g). Head of Helios facing slightly to right / Rose, grape bunch to left, bud to right, E-Y. Nice VF.Dec 27, 2004 Rhodes (BC 188-84) Diobol378 viewsca 188-84 BC. AR Diobol (0.93g). Radiate head of Helios right / Rose, P-O; bud to left, star symbol to right; within dotted circle. Good very fine. Dec 26, 2004 Rhodes (BC 166-88) Drachm458 views166-88 BC. AR Drachm (1.74g, 15mm). Radiate head Helios right / Rose with stalk on either side; MAHΣ (magistrate) above; in field P-O; all within incuse square. Nice very fine.Dec 22, 2004 Rhodes (BC 188-170) Drachm519 viewsca 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (2.90g, 14.51mm). Radiate head of Helios right / P-O flanking Rose; bud to right; APIΣTOKPITOΣ (magistrate) above; cornucopiae to left; within shallow incuse square. Nice very fine.Dec 22, 2004 Rhodes (AD 54-68) AE 17 - Nero?560 viewsTime of Nero (?). AE 17 (3.01g). Jugate busts of Helios and Tyche / Nike on prow left. Attractive VF. Unique and unpublished. Dec 18, 2004       125 coins on 2 page(s) 1 2