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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Caria| > |Rhodos| > SH89460
Rhodos, Carian Islands, c. 230 - 205 B.C.
|Rhodos|, |Rhodos,| |Carian| |Islands,| |c.| |230| |-| |205| |B.C.|, The anchor on this coin likely commemorates the restoration of Rhodos' docks and ships, which, along with the Colossus of Rhodes, had been destroyed by an earthquake in 226 B.C. According to Polybius (v. 88-90.4) Rhodian diplomats cleverly made such an impression of magnitude of the disaster on kings and cities that Rhodos received gifts beyond measure. Hieron II and Gelon II gave 100 talents of silver, 50 catapults, and exempted Rhodian ships from customs duties. Ptolemy III promised 200 talents of silver, a million artabas of wheat, timber for ten quinqueremes and ten triremes, 1,000 talents of bronze coinage, 3,000 pieces of sail-cloth; 3,000 talents, 100 architects with 350 workmen (for the repair of the Colossus), and more. Antigonus Doson promised 10,000 pieces of timber for hulls, 4,000 cross beams, 3,000 talents of iron, 1,000 talents of pitch, 1,000 measures of tar, and 100 talents of silver. Seleucus II Callinicus granted exemption from customs, gave ten fully equipped quinqueremes, 200,000 medimni of corn, 10,000 cubits of timber, and 1,000 talents each of resin and hair. Antigonus' wife Chryseis, Prusas of Bithynia, Mithradates II of Pontus, the dynasts Lysanias, Olympichus and Limnaeus, and numerous cities also made large gifts.

SH89460. Silver didrachm, Ashton Rhodes 220; SNG Keckman 549; SNG Cop 760; BMC Caria p. 243, 141; HGC 6 1440; SNGvA -, Choice gVF, bold strike with high relief dies, attractive head of Helios, full circle of dots on reverse, some obverse die wear, light bumps and scratches, Rhodos (Rhodes, Greece) mint, weight 6.776g, maximum diameter 20.6mm, die axis 0o, magistrate Eukrates, c. 230 - 205 B.C.; obverse radiate head of Helios facing slightly right; reverse rose with bud right, POΔION above, anchor with flukes up left, ΕYKPA-TΗΣ (magistrate) flanking the stem, circle of dots around; Numismatik Naumann auction 72 (2 Dec 2018), lot 170; SOLD










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