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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Caria| > |Rhodos| > GS76080
Rhodos, Carian Islands, c. 275 - 250 B.C.
|Rhodos|, |Rhodos,| |Carian| |Islands,| |c.| |275| |-| |250| |B.C.|, Rhodes was an important slave-trading center, best known for The Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The giant statue of Helios was finished in 280 B.C., but destroyed by an earthquake later in that century. It inspired later sculptures including the Statue of Liberty.
GS76080. Silver hemidrachm, Ashton Rhodes p. 105, 195, SNG Keckman 489, BMC Caria -, SNG Cop -, SNGvA -, SNG Munchen -, VF, nice style, light toning, light marks and corrosion, die wear, obverse a little off-center, Rhodos (Rhodes, Greece) mint, weight 1.558g, maximum diameter 13.5mm, die axis 0o, c. 275 - 250 B.C.; obverse radiate head of Helios facing slightly to right, hair loose; reverse rose with bud on stem to the right, APIΣTONOMOΣ (magistrate) arching above, galley ram or prow (control symbol) left, P lower left, O inner right, convex field; rare; SOLD










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