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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Caria| > |Rhodos| > GB89138
Rhodos, Carian Islands, c. 31 - 61 A.D.
|Rhodos|, |Rhodos,| |Carian| |Islands,| |c.| |31| |-| |61| |A.D.|, BMC Caria identifies the obverse bust as Alektrona (also called Electryone), a daughter of Helios and Rhodos. She died a virgin and was worshiped as a heroine on the island of Rhodes. She was possibly worshiped as goddess of the morning, or of man's waking sense, which causes him to wake up in the morning. The Doric form of her name, Alektrona, is akin to the Greek word for "rooster," while the Attic form Electryone is akin to the word for "amber," as in the amber color of sunrise. A marble tablet from the 3rd century B.C. found in Ialyssus contains an inscription about the regulations for visitors to the temple of Alektrona.
GB89138. Bronze AE 17, BMC Caria p. 266, 391; cf. RPC I 2771 (various control symbols); cf. Keckman 776 (control obscure); SNG Cop 900 (same); Lindgren 703 (prow control), aVF, attractive black patina with red earthen highlighting, Rhodos (Rhodes, Greece) mint, weight 4.705g, maximum diameter 16.5mm, die axis 0o, c. 31 - 61 A.D.; obverse radiate head of Rhodos or Alektrona(?) right; reverse Nike advancing left, holding wreath and palm (or aphlaston or stylis), sunrise (control symbol) in left field; rare with sunrise; SOLD










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