Classical Numismatic
606. ISLANDS OFF CARIA. Kos. Circa 357-330 BC. AR Didrachm (6.93 gm). Head of Herakles (Maussollos, satrap of Caria?) right, wearing lion skill / Veiled female head left, (Artemisia, wife of Maussollos, as Demeter?); magistrate Φ1ΛΟ. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 620 (name given as ΦΙ). Good VF, female head flatly struck. ($400)
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611. Rhodes. Circa 250-230 BC. AR Didrachm (6.50 gm). Facing radiate head of Helios / Rose with bud; magistrate Timotheos, trophy. SNG Helsinki 540. Toned, good VF. ($350)
Two Rare, Early Coins of Rhodes 612. Rhodes. Circa 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (2.74 gm). Radiate head of Helios / Rose; butterfly, magistrate ΟΝΑΣΑΝΔΡΟΣ. Jenkins, "Rhodian Plinthophoroi", in Kraay-M0rkholm Essays, 5. VF. ($150) The word 'plintlwphomi' is an ancient greek term used in 2nd century BC inventories at Delos to describe the following group of coins from Rhodes. It means "square bearers " and refers to the reverse, where the design is inside an incuse square. 607. ISLANDS OFF CARIA. Rhodes. Circa 405/404 BC. AR Tridrachm or Disiglos (11.03 gm). Infant Herakles wrestling with two snakes / Rose, P-O. Ashton, "A Revised Arrangement for the Earliest Coinage of Rhodes," in Essays to Carson and Jenkins, pg. 13,12g (dies C l / D l - this com); SNG Helsinki 361. VF. Very rare, and listed in Sear's Creek Coins and Their Values, vol. 2, no. 5031, at £4M0. ($2500) 613. Rhodes. Circa 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (2.84 gm). Radiate head of Helios / Rose; torch, magistrate AINHTOP. Jenkins 7. VF. ($100)
614. Rhodes. Circa 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (3.14 gm). Radiate head of Helios / Rose; club, magistrate ΑΡΙΣΤΟΒΟΥΛΟΣ: SNG Helsinki 626; Jenkins 10. Good VF. ($150)
608. Rhodes. Circa 404-375 BC. AR Hemidrachm (15.23 gm). Facing head of Helios / Rose with bud; grain ear left, Φ right. Bérend, SNR 51,47 (this coin). Good VF, obverse double struck, some porosity. ($2500) Ex Kricheldorf Auktion XXVII, lot 126.
615. Rhodes. Circa 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (299 gm). Radiate head of Helios / Rose; club, magistrate ΑΡΙΣΤΟΒΟΥΛΟΣ. Jenkins 10. VF. ($100)
609. Rhodes. Circa 275-250 BC. AR Didrachm (6.73 gm). Facing head of Helios / Rose with bud; magistrate Erasikles, helmet. SNG Copenhagen 738. Good VF. Extraordinary high relief. ($500) 616. Rhodes. Circa 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (2.79 gm). Radiate head of Helios / Rose; dolphin, magistrate ΔΑ ΜΑΤΡΙΟΣ. Jenkins 11. VF. ($100)
610. Rhodes. Circa 250-230 BC. AR Didrachm (6.70 gm). Facing radiate head of Helios / Rose with bud; magistrate Agesidamos, Artemis. SNG Helsinki 534. Toned, good VF. ($350)
617. Rhodes. Circa 188-170 BC. AR Drachm (2.93 gm). Radiate head of Helios / Rose; helmet, magistrate ΑΓΗΣΙΔΑΜΟΣ. Jenkins 16. VF. ($150)
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