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Silver Stater of Rhodes - C.755
Origin: Minted on Rhodes
Circa: 4
th
Century BC
to 3
rd
Century BC
Dimensions:
0.750" (1.9cm) high
6.6Grams
Collection: Numismatics
Medium: Silver
$1,800.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
Obverse, head of Helios facing slightly right;
reverse, ?????? above rose with bud; ??, in bottom
left field.
Staters had been circulating in ancient Greece
since
8th century BC. The large and important island of
Rhodos had produced a considerable coinage
from
archaic times, with only a respite of fifty years
during the Persian wars. The new federal capital
was established circa 408 BC and quickly
achieved
great prosperity and became one of the principal
trading centres of the ancient world. In the 3rd
century, Rhodos excised much political influence
in
the eastern Mediterranean.
The famous Rhodian coinages bear a depiction of
the head of Helios, identified with Apollo. This
arresting image is influenced by the head of the
Syracusan nymph Arethousa, as rendered by the
engraver Kimon. The rose on the reverse is a
punning representation of the name of the city
(rose, in Greek Rhodon), which was famous for
its
roses, after which it was named.
- (C.755)
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