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Rhodos, Carian Islands, c. 88 - 84 B.C.
The Island of Rhodes was an important slave-trading center. It is perhaps best known for “The Colossus of Rhodes,” one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, a giant statue of Helios that was a source of inspiration for the American Statue of Liberty. The c. 3 gram drachm standard on which this coin is struck, used by Rhodes and other Carian cities, is called 'Plinthophoric' for the square incuse around the reverse type (plinthos = brick or ingot). The archaized incuse reverse revived a characteristic more typical of the 5th century B.C.GS95817. Silver plinthophoric drachm, Jenkins Rhodian, group E, 249; SNG Munchen 615 ff; SNG Cop 824; SNG Keckman I 676; BMC Caria p. 255, 276; Hunterian II p. 4442, 15; HGC 6 1461 (S), gVF, light toning, scratches, slightly off center, edge cracks, Rhodos (Rhodes, Greece) mint, weight 2.702g, maximum diameter 15.5mm, die axis 0o, magistrate Nikephoros, c. 88 - 84 B.C.; obverse radiate head of Helios right; reverse rose with tendrils below and bud to right, NIKHΦOPOΣ (magistrate) above, P-O flanking across the field, hand holding stalk of grain (control symbol) lower left, all within incuse square; scarce; SOLD
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