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Offline solon

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Greek AE with galley reverse?
« on: May 14, 2019, 12:48:37 pm »

AE  15,   2.50g.

Veiled head of Demeter? right / Prow of galley,  :Greek_Rho: :Greek_Omicron: and rose above.

This coin probably belongs to Rhodos!  Is there any reference for it?

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Offline Lee S

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Re: Greek AE with galley reverse?
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2019, 01:06:01 pm »
Very, very interesting coin!!! The Prow looks kinda Phoenician, but the Rose and P O seal it for being Rhodian.... I checked SMG Kek, and nothing similar...
     No doubt Arados will weigh in with any relevance to Phoenicia...

 Great find!!!   +++

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Re: Greek AE with galley reverse?
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2019, 01:11:16 pm »
ISEGRIM:

CARIA INS, Rhodes / rhodus. 304-166 BC. AE. Obverse: HEAD WOMAN R (STEPHANE / VEIL / EARRING). Reverse: RO; PROW R (RAM). BUD ROSE.
   1. 15.24mm BMC Caria p. 251, #228
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Re: Greek AE with galley reverse?
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2019, 01:14:44 pm »
Nice one Shanxi! I'm in the middle of doing the washing so didnt have time for a deep search... But this a type I didn't even know existed!  +++
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Re: Greek AE with galley reverse?
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2019, 03:38:35 pm »
It seems to be quite rare. In Richard Ashton, "Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Earthquake of 229-226 BC", NC 146, 1986, he is talking of 8 specimens known.

Here is a specimen from the BnF (not listed in Ashton's article): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8523722s

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