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Caria, Islands off Caria. Rhodos. 387-304 B.C. AR didrachm (19.17 mm, 6.78 g, 12 h). struck 340-316 B.C. Head of Helios three-quarters facing to right, hair loose / POΔION, ethnic above rose with bud to right; in left field, bunch of grapes / E; all within incuse square. SNG Keckman 436-440; Ashton 108; SNG Aulock 2790; BMC 18. 233, 27-9. VF, superb style, obverse slightly off-center to east.
Rhodes was an economic powerhouse deeply involved in the eastern Mediterranean shipping trade. So important was the city that when Alexander the Great undertook his campaign against the Persian empire he deposited his will with the Rhodians. This event took place while didrachms in this series were struck. The reverse type of the didrachm is a punning symbol of the city. The Greek word for rose is rhodos.
Rhodes was an economic powerhouse deeply involved in the eastern Mediterranean shipping trade. So important was the city that when Alexander the Great undertook his campaign against the Persian empire he deposited his will with the Rhodians. This event took place while didrachms in this series were struck. The reverse type of the didrachm is a punning symbol of the city. The Greek word for rose is rhodos.