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13mm c. 188-84BC. Obv. Radiate Nymph Rhodes right, Rev. P-O to sides of Rose with bud and shoot in incuse square. BMC327 , SNG Keckman 711.1 commentsLee S
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13mm c. 188-84BC. Obv. Radiate Nymph Rhodes right, Rev. P-O to sides of Rose with bud and shoot in incuse square. BMC327 , SNG Keckman 711.
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12mm c. 188-84BC. Obv. Radiate Nymph Rhodes with earring right, Rev. P-O to sides of Rose with bud and shoot in incuse square. BMC237.
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10mm c. 350-300BC. Obv. Head of nymph Rhodes with Stephane right, Rev. Rose with bud and shoot, Race torch in left field. BMC 91 , SNG Keckman 391.Lee S
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12mm c. 188-84BC. Obv. Radiate Nymph Rhodes with earring right, Rev. P-O to sides of Rose with bud and shoot in incuse square. BMC327.Lee S
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Macedonian Kingdom. Perseus. 179-168 B.C. AR drachm. ca. 171/0 B.C. Aristokrates, magistrate.
Macedonian Kingdom. Perseus. 179-168 B.C. AR drachm (15 mm, 2.60 g, 12 h). ca. 171/0 B.C. Aristokrates, magistrate. Head of Helios facing slightly right / P-O, rose with bud to left; in left field, club; above, magistrate's name: [ΑΡΙ]ΣΤΟΚΡΑΤΗΣ. R. J. H. Ashton, ""Clubs, Thunderbolts, Torches, Stars and Caducei: more Pseudo-Rhodian Drachms from Mainland Greece and the Islands,"" NC 162 (2002), 17 (A6/P5; this coin). Toned. Very fine.
Ex: TRISKELES AUCTIONS 326 ON VAUCTIONS
LOT 48, 29 Sep 2017; Ex Naville V (18 June 1923), 2669. Ex: British Museum

The Pseudo-Rhodian drachms were struck, probably by the Macedonians under Perseus but possibly by the Romans, to pay for Mercenaries from Crete and Rhodes who would have been familiar with Rhodian coinage. The coins in the name of the magistrate Aristokrates with the club symbol in the field is the largest known individual issue of pseudo-Rhodian drachms from the Third Macedonian War, and used at least twenty-nine obverse dies.
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Rhodes
AE 35mm (drachm)
c.31BC - 60AD
Obverse: Head of Dionysus right, radiate and with ivy leaf wreath
Reverse: Nike, right, with palm and aphlastron, on prow
Magistrate: Hypsikles
RPC I 2761
As this coin is listed in RPC I there is enough justification, for me at least, to include it in my "Diverse Roman" gallery.
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Hemidrachm 404-390 BC. AR 10mm. 1.6grmRhodes, Hemidrachm. 404-390 BC. 1.6Grm.
Obv. Head of Helios facing
Rev. P O Flanking rose within incuse square,
Ref. SNG Keck. 367 (Var)
Lee S
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Rhodos, Carian Islands, c. 188 - 84 B.C.Silver hemidrachm, cf. SNG Keckman 642 ff. (various magistrates and control symbols)Dexikrates, Fine/Fair, scratches, underweight (perhaps imitative), 0.905g, 13.0mm, 135o, Rhodos (Rhodes) mint, c. 188 - 84 B.C.; obverse radiate head of Helios facing slightly right; reverse rose with bud to right, P-O in fields, magistrates name above,ΔΕΞΙΚΡΑΤΗΣ, control symbol lower left, all within a shallow square incuse;7 commentsRandygeki(h2)
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001b3. PompeyProvincial: Soli-Pomeiopolis, Cilicia.
Bronze AE 21
66 BC -- 1st Century AD
20.8mm, 7.34 g.
Obv: Head of Pompey right.
Rev: ΠΌΜΠΗΙΌΛΕΙΤΩΝ. Nike advancing right, with wreath in right hand and palm over shoulder in left. ZI control mark in left field; WoP monogram over ΡΟVIΛH in right field.
SNG Cop 246 var.

NOTE: Soli was initially founded as a colony by Rhodes around 700 BC. Pompey destroyed the city and re-founded it as Pompeiopolis around 66 BC. According to Forum, this coin probably was struck between 66 and 48 BC. RPC (4002A) places a similar coin under Tiberius.

A FORUM coin.
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13. Phaselis: Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander the Great.Tetradrachm, 206 / 05 BC, Phaselis mint.
Obverse: Head of Alexander as Herakles, wearing lion's skin headdress.
Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / Zeus sitting, holding his attendant eagle and sceptre. ΙΓ and Φ at left.
16.59 gm., 30 mm.
P. #2853.

The letters ΙΓ are a date: year 13. The dated coinage of Phaselis runs from year 1 through year 33. The coinage of Phaselis came to an end in 186 BC when the Treaty of Apamea gave Rhodes control over Lycia. That makes year 13 correspond to 206 / 205 BC. See pages 346 - 49 of Price, vol. I.
Callimachus
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14. Rhodes: Tetradrachm in the name of Alexander the Great.Tetradrachm, ca 201 - 190 BC, Rhodes mint.
Obverse: Head of Alexander as Herakles, wearing lion's skin headdress.
Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / Zeus sitting, holding his attendant eagle and sceptre. ΔΑΜΑΤΡΙΟΣ and rosebud at left, ΡΟ under throne.
16.89 gm., 32 mm.
P. #2521; M. #1162.

In 202 - 201 BC, Philip V of Macedon was threatening the cities of Asia Minor. Pergamum and Rhodes were political and military rivals, but they were allies against this common aggressor. Each city struck coins of the Alexander type so that the fleet and army assembled in this alliance could be paid in a common currency. By 190 BC old animosities reemerged and the joint coinage ended.
Callimachus
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1888 Tibetan Silver TangkaTibet, Silver Ga-den Tangka, 1½ Sho, ND (1888), L&M 628, Rhodes Biv, SCWC KM YB13.4, Type B, single line base (NW), aUNC, plain edge, weight 4.49g, composition Ag, diameter 27.0mm, thickness 1.0mm, die axis 0°, Dodpal mint, 1888; obverse Eight Auspicious Symbols of Tibetan Buddhism (Victory Banner, Two Fish, Lotus Flower, Endless Knot, Wheel of Law, Parasol, Conch Shell and Vase) clockwise from 12:00, within radiating petals of eight-petalled lotus flower arrayed around circle, beads in inner angles and three beads in outer angles, ornate lotus flower set on double waterline at centre, linear pearled border surrounding; reverse དགའ་ལྡན་ཕོ་བྲང་ ཕྱོ་ ལས་རྣམ་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ། (Ganden Palace, Victorious In All Directions) clockwise from 12:00, within oval frames of eight-petalled lotus flower arrayed around concave octagon, wavy lines between outer angles, eight-spoked Wheel of Law with three crescents within central hub, linear pearled border surrounding; from the Roger Belmar Collection; ex NumisCorner 846549 (31 Jul 2022); £83.73.Serendipity
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1997.161.167Lugdunum (Lyon), 3.04 g

Obverse: IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG; Radiate, cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: MARS VICTOR; II; Mars advancing right, carrying transverse spear in right and trophy in left, over left shoulder.
Ref: RIC 37; Rhodes 167; Bastien 166 [The difference is stated by Bastien on pp. 52-4: nos. 164-173 have portraits resembling Florian, while nos. 176-182 have proper Probus portraits, no longer resembling Florian. Translation complement of Curtis Clay]
gordian_guy
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1di Claudius Gothicus268-270

AE antoninianus

Radiate cuirassed bust right, IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG
Liberlitas stg, LIBERALITAS AVG

RIC 57

Zosimus recorded: When the troops were calmed by their commanders, Claudius was chosen emperor, having previously been designed for that dignity by general consent. Aureolus, who had for a long time kept himself out of the hands of Gallienus, presently sent agents to Claudius, to effect a peace. Surrendering himself, he was killed by the guards of the emperor, who still remembered the hatred they bore against him for his treachery.

The Scythians were by this time so elated by their former success, that they appointed a place of meeting with the Heruli, Peucae, and Gothi, near the river Tyra, which empties itself into the Pontus; where having built six thousand vessels, and put on board them three hundred and twenty thousand men, they sailed across the Pontus, and made an attempt on Tomes, a fortified town, but were repulsed from it. From thence they proceed to Marcianopolis, a city of Mysia, but failing there likewise in their attack on it, they took the opportunity of a favourable wind and sailed forward. . . . they passed through the Hellespont, and arrived at Mount Athos. Having there refitted and careened their vessels, they laid siege to Cassandria and Thessalonica, which they were near taking by means of machines which they raised against the walls. But hearing that the emperor was advancing with an army, they went into the interior, plundering all the neighbourhood of Doberus and Pelagonia. There they sustained a loss of three thousand men, who were met with by the Dalmatian cavalry, and with the rest of their force engaged the army of the emperor. Great numbers were slain in this battle on both sides, but the Romans, by a pretended flight, drew the Barbarians into an ambuscade and killed more than fifty thousand of them.

Egypt being thus reduecd by the Palmyrenians, the Barbarians, who survived the battle of Naissus between Claudius and the Scythians, defending themselves with their carriages which went before them, marched towards Macedon, but were so distressed by the want of necessaries, that many of them and of their beasts perished with hunger. They were met likewise by the Roman cavalry, who having killed many of them, drove the rest towards Mount Haemus; where being surrounded by the Roman army, they lost a vast number of men. But a quarrel ensuing between the Roman horse and foot soldiers, the emperor wishing the foot to engage the Barbarians, the Romans, after a smart engagement, were defeated with considerable loss, but the cavalry, coming up immediately, redeemed in some degree the miscarriage of the infantry. After this battle, the Barbarians proceeded on their march, and were pursued by the Romans. The pirates who cruized about Crete and Rhodes retired without doing any thing worthy of mention; and being attacked by the plague on their way home, some of them died in Thrace and some in Macedon. All that survived were either admitted into the Roman legions, or had lands assigned for them to cultivate and so become husbandmen. Nor was the plague confined to the Barbarians alone, but began to infest the Romans, many of whom died, and amongst the rest Claudius, a person adorned with every virtue. His death was a severe loss to his subjeets, and was consequently much regretted by them.
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AE 10mm c. 350-300BC.AE 10mm c. 350-300BC.
Obv. Head of nymph Rhodes with Stephane right
Rev. P-O to sides of rose with bud and shoot.

This is the first coin from Rhodes I have cleaned up myself...
It is not quite detailed enough for an accurate attribution, but it is now my favourite, ( and was certainly the cheapest!! )
Lee S
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AE 12; Nymph of Rhodos/ HibiscusCaria, Rhodes, c. 188-84 B.C. AE 12, 1.73g. SNG Keckman 702-24. Obv: Radiate head of nymph Rhodos r. Rev: Hibiscus in shallow incuse square. F+. Ex H.J.Berk1 commentsPodiceps
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AE 12; Zeus/ HibiscusRhodos, Caria, c. 225 B.C. Bronze AE 12, SNG Cop 797, nice F, Rhodos mint, 1.967g, 11.7mm, 0o, c. 225 BC; obverse laureate head of Zeus right; reverse PO, rose, sun-disk behind; rare. Based on the unusual Zeus obverse, this small bronze could be connected to Ptolemy III of Egypt. A devastating earthquake struck Rhodes in 226 B.C. It knocked down the Colossus of Rhodes and destroyed the city. Polybius records that Ptolemy III promised the Rhodians '300 talents of silver, a million artabae of corn, ship-timber for 10 quinqueremes and 10 triremes, consisting of 40,000 cubits of squared pine planking, 1000 talents of bronze coinage, 180,000 pounds of tow (for ropes), 3000 pieces of sailcloth, 3000 talents (of copper?) for the repair of the Colossus, 100 master-builders with 350 workmen, and 14 talents yearly to pay their wages. Beside this, he gave 12,000 artabae of corn for their public games and sacrifices, and 20,000 artabae for victualling 10 triremes. The greater part of these goods were delivered at once, as well as one-third of the money named.' This issue shows perceived harmony with, or thanks to Ptolemaic Egypt. -- J. Ashton, Rhodian Bronze Coinage and the Earthquake of 229. Ex FORVMPodiceps
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AE 12mm, 1.3grm. Rhodes. Ca. 205-188 BC.AE 12mm, 1.3grm. Rhodes. Ca. 205-188 BC.
Obv. Radiate head of Helios right.
Rev. P-O flanking rose with bud on either side.
Ref. SNG Keckman 611
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AE 15mm, 3.3grm. Rhodes. Ca. 188-84 BC.AE 15mm, 3.3grm. Rhodes. Ca. 188-84 BC.
Obv. Laureate head of Zeus right.
Rev. Rose surmounted by radiate solar disk. Uncertain control marks.
Ref. SNG Keckman 725-728
Lee S
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AE 28; Radiate head of Helios right/ R-O; Hibiscus flower with helmet and thunderbolt as budsCaria, Rhodos, Helios / Rose, AE28. 28mm, 12.26. Ca. 88-87 B.C. Obv: radiate head of Helios right. Rev: P - O, hibiscus flower ("rose"), helmet in left, thunderbolt in right field as buds. BMC 320. SNG München 661. SNG Cop. 856. Ashton, Coinage 97 (A30/P96); SNG Keckman -. This coinage was struck during Mithradates VI's failed six-month siege of Rhodes in 88 B.C. Unable to produce enough silver for military expenditures, the Rhodians resorted to a fiduciary bronze coinage. Ex Numismatik Lanz & areich3 commentsPodiceps
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AE Chalkos of Rhodos.Head of the nymph Rhodes with Stephane right.

Rose with bud, Race torch in left field, shoot in left.

SNG Keckman 391

Thanks to rover1.3 for attribution help!
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AE10mm c. 350-300BC10mm c. 350-300BC. Obv. Head of nymph Rhodes with Stephane right,
Rev. Rose with bud and shoot.
BMC106, SNG Keck. 40
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AE12mm. c. 350-300BC.AE12mm. c. 350-300BC.
Obv. Head of nymph Rhodes with Stephane right,
Rev. Rose with bud and shoot.
Ref. SNG Keckman 384-425
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AE12mm. c. 350-300BC.AE12mm. c. 350-300BC.
Obv. Head of nymph Rhodes with Stephane right,
Rev. Rose with bud and shoot. Control off flan.
Ref. SNG Keckman 384-425
Lee S
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AE9.9; Head of nymph Rhodos/ R – O, Rose with bud. Rhodos, Caria, c. 400 - 333 B.C. 9.9mm, 1.25g. Head of nymph Rhodos. R – O, Rose with bud. BMC 238, 74. Ex Gerhard RohdePodiceps
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Anatolia-Caria Rhodes 167-88 BCCaria Rhodes 167-88 BC

Obverse. Radiate head of Helios right

Reverse. rose with bud,palm branch on right
Macedonian Warrior
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AR11mm c. 350-300BC.11mm c. 350-300BC. Obv. Head of nymph Rhodes with Stephane right,
Rev. Rose with bud and shoot.
BMC107,
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Asia Minor, Caria, Rhodes, Helios facing, rose, grain earCaria, Rhodes
Drachm (Circa 88/42 BC-AD 14).
Obv: Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right.
Rev: P – O, Rose seen from above. Control: below, grain ear left.
AR, 4.08g, 18mm
Ref.: HGC 6, 1456; SNG von Aulock 2839
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Asia Minor, Caria, Rhodes, Helios, rose with bud Rhodes, 88-84 BC
Asia Minor, Caria
AR Drachm, magistrate Nikephoros
‘Plinthophoric’ coinage (‘plinthophoric’ for the square incuse around the reverse type)
Obv.: Radiate head of Helios right
Rev.: Rose with bud to right; NIKHΦOPOΣ above, hand holding grain ear to lower right, P-O
Ag, 2.11g, 14mm
Ref.: Jenkins, Rhodian, Group E, 249; HGC 6, 1461
shanxi
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Asia Minor, Caria, Rhodes, Helios, rose, AEIslands of Caria , Rhodes
Year 180-84 BCE
Obv.: Radiate head of Helios right
Rev.: P-O, rose, all within incuse square.
AE, 1.16g, 11mm
Ref.: SNG Copenhagen 860; SNG Keckman 702 ff.
shanxi
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Asia Minor, Caria, Rhodes, Helios, Rose, AthenaIslands off Caria. Rhodos.
Peisikrates, magistrate, circa 205-188 BCE.
AR Drachm
Obv.: Head of Helios facing slightly right
Rev.: ΠEIΣIKPATHΣ above and P-O flanking rose with bud to right, to left, Athena standing right, holding shield and spear.
AR, 2.66 g
Ref.: SNG Keckman 579; HGC 6, 1453.
shanxi
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Asia Minor, Caria, Rhodes, Helios, rose, winged thunderboldRhodes, 304-166 BC
Asia Minor, Caria
AR Drachm, magistrate Stasion
Obv.: Head of Helios facing slightly right.
Rev.: ΣΤΑΣIΩΝ, P - O, Rose with bud right, winged thunderbolt in field left.
Ag, 2.75g, 14mm
Ref.: "Neue Beiträge zur antiken Münzkunde aus schweizerischen öffentlichen und privaten Sammlungen", p. 63, no. 59, RSN 30 (1945) p. 1-103. (1 specimen cited).
Ex Pecunem Gitbud&Naumann auction 19, Lot 269
shanxi
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Assam: Lakshmi Simha (1769-1780) Rupee (RB-Q27, KM#182)Obv: Assamese script with invocation to Śiva and Parvati: Śri Śri Hara/ Gauri Charanara/vinda Makaranda/ Madhukarasya
Rev: Śri Śri Svarga/ Deva Śri Laksmi/ Simha Nripasya / Śake date 1694, lion running right, below

ex-Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Quant.Geek
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Assam: Lakshmi Simha (1769-1780) ¼ Rupee (RB-Q50, KM#176)Obv: Åšri Åšri La/ksmi Simha/ Nrpasya
Rev: Åšake / 1695

ex-Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Quant.Geek
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Bithynia, Nikaia, Severus Alexander, SNG von Aulock 606Severus Alexander 222-235
AE 25, 9.18g
obv. M AVR CEVH - ALEZANDROC
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. NI - [K] - AIEΩ - N
Dionysos, draped, with ivy wreath, holding thyrsos, sitting r., head turned l. to a female figure (probably Nikaia), stg. frontal, head with chignon r., holding wreath in r. hand.
SNG von Aulock 606 (C. Rhodes)
very rare, about VF

For more information look at the thread 'Coins of mythological interest'.
Jochen
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Caria - RhodesAR Diobol
c.230-205 BC
O - Radiate head of Helios right
R - P O, two rose buds with symbol between
cf SNG Kayhan 916-7
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Caria, RhodesÆ10, 0.9g, 12h; c. 394-304 BC.
Obv.: P-O either side of rose, Σ to left.
Rev.: Rose.
Reference: SNG Cop 248.
John Anthony
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Caria, RhodesMetal/Size: AR15; Weight: 2.2 grams; Denomination: Drachm; Mint: Rhodes; Date: 88-84 BCE; Obverse: Radiate head of Helios right. Reverse: Rose, hand holding grain ear to left "NIKHΦOPOΣ" (Nikophoros) above "P-O" - all in incuse square. Reference: SNG Keckman #676; BMC Car., PL XL 1-11.museumguy
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Caria, Rhodes AR Plinthophoric DrachmMagistrate Antigenes circa 190-170 BC.
Obv: Radiate head of Helios right.
Rev: ΑΝΤΙΓΕΝΗΣ, Rose with bud, naval ram in left field.
Jenkins 1989, 17; BMC 249; HGC 6, 1457. 2.50g, 15mm.
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Caria, Rhodes mint, BMC Caria p. 240, 109Rhodes mint, c. 350 - 300 B.C. AE, 10mm 1.18g, BMC Caria p. 240, 109; SNG Keckman 384 - 425 var (symbol), 0.864g, 9.6mm,
O: Diademed head of Rhodos right;
R: PO, rose
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Caria, Rhodes, Drachm, (similar to) SNG Copenhagen 836Rhodes, Drachm, 166-88 B.C. AR, 1.98g 14mm, (similar to) SNG Copenhagen 836
O: Radiate head Helios right
R: Rose with stalk on either side; (off flan: magistrate’s name) above; in field P-O; all within incuse square
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Caria, Rhodes. AE18Obv: PODI WN. Radiate bust of Helios right.
Rev: PODIWN, radiate bust of Serapis right
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Caria, Rhodes. AE8. Circa 394-304 B.C. Obv: Rose with bud.
Rev: P - O, letters in lower field to left and right of rose.
ancientone
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CARIA, RHODES. Ancient Greece.3rd Cent. century BC. Æ ( 1,1 g. - 10 mm)
Vs: Head of nymph right.
Rs: Rose.
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Caria, Rhodes. Æ12. Circa 200-190 BC.Obv: Radiate head of Helios to right
Rev: Rose with two branches; P-O across fields.
HGC 6, 1481; SNG Copenhagen 858; Ashton 332.
ancientone
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Caria, Rhodes. Commodus AE16, radiate head of Helios.Commodus, AE16 of Rhodos, Caria. 177-192 AD.
Obv: RODIWN, radiate head of Commodus r.
Rev: RODIWN, radiate head of Helios r.
BMC 422; SNG Cop 912; SNG Keckman 1, 788-790; SNG Tuebingen 3612.
ancientone
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Caria, Rhodes. Early 1st century AD. AE20.Obv: Radiate head of Helios to right.
Rev: EΠITYXHΣ / P - O Rose seen from above; below, winged kerykeion to right.
Epityches, magistrate.
ancientone
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Caria, Rhodes. Pseudo-autonomous. Ae15 (1st century AD).Obv: Radiate and draped bust of Helios right.
Rev: POΔIΩN. Nike standing left, holding wreath and palm branch.
BMC 389 var. (with acrostolium; ethnikon).
1.97 gm. 15 mm.
ancientone
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Caria,Rhodes. AR didrachmSNG Keckman 477 / 305-275 BC
obv: head of Helios facing slightly r.
rev: rose,bud to r., to l. thunderbolt.
1 commentshill132
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Caria-Rhodes; 125-88 BCAR-Hemidrachm
"Plinthophoric" Coinage
Obv: Radiate head of Helios, 3/4 facing right.
Rev: Rhodian rose - P, Isis crown at left; O, budding branch at right,
Magistrate above: TIMOKPAT(HΣ), all within incuse square.
Size: 13.34 mm;1.44 gm
Ref: BMC Caria,Rhodes, Vol.18,Pg.256,No.291-308 var.
Sear GCV ????
Jenkins, Rhodian Group D, 120; SNG Keckman 669 var.
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CARIA. Rhodos, RhodesISLANDS off CARIA. Rhodos, Rhodes. Circa 125-88 BC. AR Hemidrachm (14mm, 1.25 gm). Magistrate Melantas. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right / P-O, rose; MELANTAS above, grape bunch to right; all within incuse square. Jenkins, Rhodian, Group D, Series 98; cf. SNG Helsinki 668; SNG Copenhagen -. Near EF. Ex-CNG(295) B127V1272 commentsecoli
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CARIA: RhodesISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Early-mid 1st century AD. Æ Drachm (35mm, 20.73 g, 2h). Antigonos, magistrate. Radiate head of Dionysus left, wearing ivy wreath / Nike right on rose, holding wreath and palm frond. RPC I 2756; BMC 364. Near VF, earthen green patina, crack running along reverse edge.

CNG 374, lot 269. Ex Stevex6
Molinari
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Carian Islands, RhodesAE10
333-304 B.C.
10mm, 1.05g
GCV-5074var.

Obverse:
Rose, with bud on right.

Reverse:
Rose
P O on either side of stem.
Will J
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Carian Islands, RhodesSear 5074 var., SNG Copenhagen 750-751 & 858-9, SNG Helsinki 384-392 var., SNG Keckman 384-421, SNG von Aulock 2796-2797 var., BMC Caria pg. 238-239, 74ff var., Laffaille 503 var.

AE 10, circa 350-300 B.C.

Obv: Diademed head of Rhodos right, hair rolled.

Rev: P-O in lower field, rose with bud to the right, H to the left.

In 408 B.C., the cities on the island of Rhodes united to form one territory and built the city of Rhodes, as their new capital on the northern end of the island. The Peloponnesian War had so weakened the entire Greek culture that it lay open to invasion. In 357 B.C., the island was conquered by the king Mausolus of Caria, then it fell to the Persians in 340 B.C., and in 332 B.C. became part of the empire of Alexander the Great. Following the death of Alexander, his generals vied for control of his empire. Rhodes formed strong commercial and cultural ties with the Ptolemies of Egypt, and together formed the Rhodo-Egyptian alliance that controlled trade throughout the Aegean in the 3rd century B.C. The city developed into a maritime, commercial and cultural center, and its coins circulated nearly everywhere in the Mediterranean. In 305 B.C, Antigonus directed his son, Demetrius, to besiege Rhodes in an attempt to break its alliance with Egypt. Demetrius created huge siege engines, but despite this engagement, in 304 B.C., he relented and signed a peace agreement, leaving behind a huge store of military equipment. The Rhodians sold the equipment and used the money to erect a statue of their sun god, Helios, which became known as the Colossus of Rhodes.

In Greek mythology, Rhodos was the goddess of the island of Rhodes and wife of Helios. She was the daughter of Aphrodite and Poseidon.
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CARIAN ISLANDS, RHODES, 125-88 BCHemidrachm, 13mm, 1.32g

O. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right
R. Rose with bud to left; ANTAIOΣ above, P-O flanking rose, grape bunch to lower right; all within incuse square.

Jenkins group D, 86; HGC 6, 1463; SNG Keckman 664 var. (control), Karl 604 var. (obv. type); SNG von Aulock 8194 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 292 var. (same); SNG München -.

Plinthophoric issue. Antaios, magistrate. Rare symbol for this issue.

Ex Sayles and Lavender
Ex Triton XII
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CARIAN ISLANDS, RHODES, 230-205 BCDidrachm, 20mm, 6.75g

O. Radiate hd of Helios 3/4 facing r.
R. Rose with bud to right, MNAΣΙΜΑΧΟΥ; above, P-O flanking stem; to left, Athena Nikephoros standing left.

Karl 475, BMC 143, Ashton 208, SNG von Aulock 2807, SNG Copenhagen 765

Ex Washington Numismatic Gallery
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Carian Islands, Rhodes, Hemidrachm 304 - 167 B.C.Obv, Head of Helios three quarter face to the right, hair loose. Rev, Rose, with bud on right. P - O in lower field.
B.M.C. 18. 247, 189-91
1 commentsPhiloromaos
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Carian Islands, Rhodes. Plinthophoric Drachm.Asia Minor. Caria. 88-85 BC. AR Drachm (3.36 gm, 16.1mm, 12h) of Rhodes, Plinthophoric series. Radiate head of Apollo Helios right. / P-O flanking rose in bloom, kerykeion (caduceus) to left. ΚΑΛΛΙΞΕΙΝΟΣ (magistrate Kaleizenos). EF. HGC 6 #1461; Jenkins Rhodian Group E #244; SNG Cop 5 (Caria) #819 var ("winged caduceus"); SNG Keckman 684 = HNOnline (Rhodes) 157 (specimen #2); BMC (Rhodus) 267.1 commentsAnaximander
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Carian Islands, Rhodes. Radiate Apollo & Rose Didrachm.Asia Minor. Caria. 250-230 BC. AR Didrachm (6.67 gm, 21.3mm, 12h) of Rhodes. Radiate head of Apollo Helios, facing slightly to right. / Rose upright in bloom, P-O flanking stem, bud to right, Phrygian helmet to left, and EΡAΣIKΛHΣ (magistrate Herasikles) above. VF. Bt. CNG Web Shop #712639 (1999). HGC 6 #1439; Ashton Series 4: Coinage of Rhodes #207, Colossus #61, Rhodian plate 5 #G; SNG Keckman 536; BMC Caria p.235 #47; SNG von Aulock 2806. cf. SNG Cop 5 #739 var (Apollo not radiate).Anaximander
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Carian Islands, Rhodes. Radiate Apollo & Rose Drachm.Asia Minor. Caria. 205-190 BC. AR Drachm (2.71 gm, 15.4mm, 12h) of Rhodes on Reduced Rhodian standard. Radiate head of Apollo Helios, facing slightly to right. / Rose with one large upright bud in bloom, bowcase l, P-O flanking stem. Magistrate ΓΟΡΓΟΣ (Gorgos) above. EF. Bt. CNG coin store. BMC 164-166, 169; Babelon de Luynes 2726; Dewing 2408; HGC 6 #1453; SNG Keckman 582-584; SNG Cop 5 (Caria) #783; SNG Lewis 991. Ashton Coinage of Rhodes #288; HN Online (Rhodes) 1253. cf Künker 318 #732 (same dies).1 commentsAnaximander
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Carian Islands, Rhodes. Radiate Apollo & Rose Hemidrachm.Asia Minor. Caria. 170-150 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.21 gm, 14.2mm, 11h) of Rhodes, Plinthophoric series. Radiate head of Apollo Helios, facing slightly to right. / Rose upright in bloom, P-O flanking, club to left, T to lower left. APTEMΩN (magistrate Artemon) above, all in incuse square. VF. SNG Keckman 654-656; HGC 6 #1462; Jenkins Rhodian Group B #44 var (no T); BMC 294 (Rhodos); HGC 6 #1462; HNOnline (Rhodes) 882; SNG Cop 5 (Caria) #842; SNG Delepierre 2777. cf. Harlan Berk Sale 209 #135 (same dies).Anaximander
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Carian Islands, Rhodes. Radiate head of Apollo Helios. Tetradrachm.Asia Minor. Caria. c. 229-205 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.55 gm, 26.8mm, 1h) of Rhodes. Radiate head of Apollo Helios, facing slightly to right. / Rose upright, with bud on right, thunderbolt to left. POΔION above, EYKPATHΣ (Magistrate Eukrates) below. gVF. Bt. Gables Coin c. 1998. HGC 6 #1432; Ashton Coinage of Rhodes #214; HNOnline (Rhodes) #847 (specimen 2) = SNG Cop 5 (Caria) #754 (same dies); SNG Delepierre 2763; SNG Keckman 547-548. cf Künker 318 #730-731.Anaximander
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Carian Islands, Rhodos c. 88-43 BCSilver trihemidrachm, 19mm, 4.15g, Nice EF
Radiate head Helios 3/4 right / Rose as viewed from above, magistrate ΛEΩN, wreath, all within circle of dots.
Ashton, NC 1997, 273 (A90/P265) (this coin)
Sear 5069v; BMC Caria, pg 260, #335v; SNG Cop 869v; SNG Von Aulock 2838v
2 commentsLawrence W
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CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. 88-84 BC. DrachmCARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 88-84 BC. AR drachm (16mm, 2.59 gm, 12h). XF. Plinthophoric standard, Callixein(os), magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / KAΛΛIΞEINOΣ, rose with single bud on tendril to right; P-O across fields, caduceus in left field. HGC 6, 1461 var. (shortened magistrate name).
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CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 188-125 BC. AR drachm (15mm, 11h). NGC XF★CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 188-125 BC. AR drachm (15mm, 11h). NGC XF★ , Fine Style. Plinthophoric series, Anaxidicus, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios right / ANAΞIΔIΚOΣ, rose with bud to right; hook to left, P-O flanking bloom, all within incuse square. BMC 246.2 commentsMark R1
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CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 250-200 BC. AR didrachm (20mm, 12h)CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 250-200 BC. AR didrachm (20mm, 12h). NGC Choice XF. Timotheus, magistrate. Radiate head of Helios facing, turned slightly right, hair parted in center and swept to either side / ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΣ, rose with single bud on tendril to right; herm left to left, P-O flanking stem, dotted border, all in incuse circle. HGC 6, 1439. Ashton 209.1 commentsMark R1
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CARION ISLANDS, RHODES AR Hemidrachm Sear 5065v, RoseOBV: Radiate head of Helios 3/4 facing
REV: Rose with magistrates name above, caduceous left all within uncuse square
1.6g; 12mm

Minted at Rhodes, 167-88 BC
1 commentsLegatus
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Constantine I - [Nicomedia RIC VII 12]Silvered follis, 3.24g, 20mm, 0 degree, Nicomedia mint, 307-337 A.D.

Obv. - IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate head right

Rev. - IOVI CONS-ERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, nude except for chlamys, holding Victory on globe in right and leaning on sceptre in left, eagle with wreath in beak at feet left, Z to right, SMN in ex.

Great centering, full legends, and purchased for the marvelous reverse

80%+ silvering
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Purchased from Rhodes Ancient Coins
4 commentsrenegade3220
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Crawford 505/2, ROMAN IMPERATORIAL, C. Cassius and M. Servilius, AR DenariusRome, The Imperators.
C. Cassius and M. Servilius, Summer 42 BCE.
AR Denarius (3.85g; 19mm).
Military mint travelling with Brutus and Cassius (likely Sardis).

Obverse: C·CASSI·IMP; laureate head of Libertas, facing right.

Reverse: M·SERVILIVS - LEG; aplustre with branches terminating in flowers.

References: Crawford 505/2; HCRI 225; Sydenham 1312 (R7); BMCRR (East) 83; Cassia 21; Servilia 42.

Provenance: Stack's (17 Jan 2020) Lot 20084; Edward J. Waddell e-Sale (1990s) Lot 42; R. Ratto FPL IX (1933) Lot 1057; Valerio Traverso Collection [M. Baranowsky (25 Feb 1931), Lot 1270]; R. Ratto FPL (1927) Lot 625; Leo Hamburger Auction (27 Nov 1922), Lot 61; Johann Horsky Collection [A. Hess (30 Apr 1917) Lot 2600].

This rare type comprised part of the final series of coins struck in the name of Cassius, lead conspirator against Julius Caesar, probably at Sardis in Summer, 42 BCE. It celebrates Cassius’ victory over the fleet of Rhodes in the waters off Kos. The aplustre, an ornamental stern of a Roman galley, is symbolic of Cassius’ naval victory, and the floriate branches (roses) may refer to Rhodes. Shortly after his victory over the Rhodians, Cassius met-up with his co-conspirator Brutus in Sardis, where this coin was likely struck. Within just a few months of producing this coin, Cassius’ troops were defeated by Antony at Philippi and he committed suicide on his own birthday, 3 October 42 BCE. Marcus Servilius struck this final coinage on behalf of Cassius. Servilius was tribune in 44 BCE and was respected by Cicero. After Caesar’s assassination, he served in the east as a Legate under both Cassius and Brutus, and he struck coins for both men. He was likely related to Brutus, whose mother’s name was Servilia. Legates were staff members of military commanders, on whose recommendation they were appointed by the Senate. Legates often served as deputies for their commanders, but practically exercised no independent authority. For example, a Legate had no independent authority to strike coinage, and did so based solely on the imperium of the commander for whom he served – thus we see the names of both the Legate and his commander on this coin.
2 commentsCarausius
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Crusader. Rhodes. Order of St. John . Anonymous (1319-1360) Billon denier. Crusader. Rhodes. Order of St. John . Anonymous (1319-1360) Billon denier.
+•CIVIS•RODI Genoese style gateway , pellet right.
+MAGR•hOSPITAL Cross
CCS 9. Schlumberger Pl.X , 3
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Crusader. Rhodes. Order of St. John . Anonymous (Circa 1400s ) Billon denier. Crusader. Rhodes. Order of St. John . Anonymous (Circa 1400s ) Billon denier.
14 mm. / 0.4 g.
+CONVENTO RODI (or variant ) castle
+OSPITALIS IERVSLEM ( or variant ) Cross
Schlumberger Pl.XII , 1-5.
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Crusader. Rhodes. Order of St. John . Anonymous (Circa 1400s ) Billon denier.Crusader. Rhodes. Order of St. John . Anonymous (Circa 1400s ) Billon denier.
+CONVENTO RODI (or variant ) castle
+OSPITALIS IERVSLEM ( or variant ) Cross
Schlumberger Pl.XII , 1-5.
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Crusader. Rhodes. Order of St. John . Emery d'Amboise (1503-1512) AR denier.Crusader. Rhodes. Order of St. John . Emery d'Amboise (1503-1512) AR denier.
0.6 g.
EMERIC....AMBO... Arms of the House of Amboise
ECCE•AG....DEIECC..V.. St. John the Baptist standing facing ,holding the symbolic lamb with his right hand and a long cross in left .
Schlumberger Pl.XI - 10
Extremely Rare .
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Crusader. Rhodes. Order of St. John . Emery d'Amboise (1503-1512) AR denier.Crusader. Rhodes. Order of St. John . Emery d'Amboise (1503-1512) AR denier.
0.5 g.
E.....DAMBOISE•MA Arms of the House of Amboise
E.....DEI.....V St. John the Baptist standing facing ,holding the symbolic lamb with his right hand and a long cross in left .
Schlumberger Pl.XI - 10
Extremely Rare .
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Crusader. Rhodes. Order of St. John . Pierre d'Amboise (1476-1503) AR denier. Crusader. Rhodes. Order of St. John . Pierre d'Amboise (1476-1503) AR denier.
Cross
St. John the Baptist standing facing
Schlumberger Pl. X - 24
Vladislav D
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Crusader. Rhodes. Order of St. John. Philibert of Naillac (1396-1421). Gigliato.Crusader. Rhodes. Order of St. John. Philibert of Naillac (1396-1421). Gigliato.
Obv: •+• FR·FILIBERTUS·DE·NEILACO·mRI·OS Grand Master kneeling left before cross potent on three steps. M beneath cross . Coat-of-arms behind.
Rev: •+• OSPITAL·S·IOAnES·IhRLm Cross fleurée; each bar ending in shield with arms of the Order of St. John.
Metcalf, Crusades 1219. CCS 27
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Crusaders, Antioch, Roger de Pins, (1355-1365 A.D.), Metcalf, Crusades, 1194 var., AR-Gigliato, St.John, Order, Rhodes, ✠ OSPITAL•S•IOHIS•IRLNI•QT'•RODI•, Cross Fleury with the arms, #1Crusaders, Antioch, Roger de Pins, (1355-1365 A.D.), Metcalf, Crusades, 1194 var., AR-Gigliato, St.John, Order, Rhodes, ✠ OSPITAL•S•IOHIS•IRLNI•QT'•RODI•, Cross Fleury with the arms, #1
avers: ✠ F•ROGIERIUS•D•PINIBUS•DI•GRA•M•, The Grand Master kneeling before the cross, no symbols.
reverse: ✠ OSPITAL•S•IOHIS•IRLNI•QT'•RODI•, Cross Fleury with the arms of the order at the ends.
diameter: 27,0mm, weight: 3,8g, axis: 11h,
mint: St.John, Order, Rhodes, mint mark:-,
date:1355-1365 A.D., ref: Metcalf, Crusades, 1194 var., Schlumb. IX, 20 var., Beckenb. 1001 var.,
Q-001
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Denarius, AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS giant statue of Nero, RIC 1941Nero, 13 October 54 - 9 June 68 A.D. Silver denarius, Rome 64-65 A.D. RIC I 47; BMCRE I 60, RSC II 45, Sear RCV I: 1941, Fair, Rome mint, 2.404g, 17.7mm, 180o, 64 - 68 A.D.; obverse NERO CAESAR, laureate head right; reverse AVGVSTVS GERMANICVS, Nero radiate and togate, standing facing, branch in right, Victory on globe in left; rare. The giant radiate statue of Nero was modeled on the Colossus of Rhodes. Ex FORVMPodiceps
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Dependency of Island of Rhodes off Caria AR Hemidrachm 13mm 1.58g ca 3rd century BC.O: Hd Helios facing 3/4 r.
R: Rose with bud to r., grape bunch + L to l., uncertain magistrate above.
Unlisted in Sear, SNG Cop or online references. _4001
Antonivs Protti
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EB0068 Helios / RoseRhodes, CARIA, AR Didrachm, c.250-229 BC.
Obverse: Helios Radiate Head Three Quarter Face.
Reverse: MNAΣIMAXOΣ above, P O below, Rose on its stem, with a button on the right; in the field, left, Athena Niképhore standing left.
References: Pz. 2704, Delpierre 2764, SNG Cop.765, BMC 143.
Diameter: 21mm, Weight: 6.495g.
Ex: Ariagno Collection.
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EB0069 Helios / RoseRhodes, CARIA, AR drachm, ca. 205-188 BC.
Obverse: Helios facing (not radiate).
Reverse: Rose, double-strike, illegible.
References: Cf. SNG Hel 588.
Diameter: 14mm, Weight: 2.286g.
EB
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EB0070 Helios / RoseRhodes-Peraia, Caria. AR drachm, 175-170 BC.
Obverse: Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right.
Reverse: Z-Ω EΡMIAΣ, rose with bud on the right.
References: SNG Keckman 793; Price, Larissa 1968 Hoard, 247.
Diameter: 14mm, Weight: 2.685g.
EB
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EB0270 Helios / RoseCaria, Rhodes, AE 12.
Obverse: Radiate head of Helios right.
Reverse: ΡO&-O Rose.
References: -.
Diameter: 12mm, Weight: 1.446g.
EB
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Gela, Sicily, c. 430 - 425 B.C.Silver litra, Jenkins Gela, group VI, 401 - 453; SNG Cop 275; BMC Sicily p. 71, 52; HGC 2 374 (R1), aF, dark toning, scratches, corrosion, flan cracks, Gela mint, weight 0.563g, maximum diameter 13.3mm, die axis 45o, c. 430 - 425 B.C.; obverse bearded cavalryman charging left on horseback, helmeted, armed with shield and couched spear; reverse CEΛAΣ, forepart of a man-faced bull (river god) swimming right; from a Northern Florida collector.

EX FORVM . With my sincere thank and appreciation , Photo and Description courtesy of FORVM Ancient Coins Staff.

Gela, named after the river Gela, was founded around 688 BC by colonists from Rhodos (Rhodes) and Crete, 45 years after the founding of Syracuse. In 424 B.C., the Congress of Gela established a platform of "Sicily for the Sicilians" and formed a league that pushed back the Athenian attempt to conquer the island.
2 commentsSam
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Greece, Rhodessteps to the Acropolis of Lindos on Rhodes
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Greece, RhodesView on the acropolis of Lindos
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Greece, Rhodesship carved in the rock on the acropolis of Lindos
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