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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.GS95825. 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 tone, bumps, scratches, tiny edge cracks, minor flan flaw under chin, Rhodos (Rhodes, Greece) mint, weight 2.172g, maximum diameter 13.6mm, 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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