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CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 404-385 BC. AR tetradrachm (24mm, 15.01 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Head of Helios facing, turned slightly right, hair arrayed in radiating waves / POΔION, rose; club downward in left field, all within deep incuse square. HGC 6, 1417. A deeply toned example with near charcoal toning and exquisitely sharp designs.
The city of Rhodes on its eponymous island was a relatively late foundation, formed in ca. 408 BC by the union of Ialussus, Camirus and Lindus. Its strategic position on an island between Europe and Asia Minor assured its prosperity and growing importance as a naval power. The citizens chose as their patron deity Helios, god of the sun, whose rays shone down with such alluring brilliance year-round on the island. This superb coin actually predates the construction of the city's most famous landmark, the Colossus of Rhodes, a towering statue of Helios that stood alongside the harbor.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-carian-islands-rhodes-ca-404-385-bc-ar-tetradrachm-24mm-1501-gm-12h-ngc-choice-xf-5-5-3-5-fine/a/3107-30025.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3107-05032023
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Estimate: 7500-8500 USD
CARIAN ISLANDS. Rhodes. Ca. 404-385 BC. AR tetradrachm (24mm, 15.01 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Head of Helios facing, turned slightly right, hair arrayed in radiating waves / POΔION, rose; club downward in left field, all within deep incuse square. HGC 6, 1417. A deeply toned example with near charcoal toning and exquisitely sharp designs.
The city of Rhodes on its eponymous island was a relatively late foundation, formed in ca. 408 BC by the union of Ialussus, Camirus and Lindus. Its strategic position on an island between Europe and Asia Minor assured its prosperity and growing importance as a naval power. The citizens chose as their patron deity Helios, god of the sun, whose rays shone down with such alluring brilliance year-round on the island. This superb coin actually predates the construction of the city's most famous landmark, the Colossus of Rhodes, a towering statue of Helios that stood alongside the harbor.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-carian-islands-rhodes-ca-404-385-bc-ar-tetradrachm-24mm-1501-gm-12h-ngc-choice-xf-5-5-3-5-fine/a/3107-30025.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3107-05032023
HID02906262019
© 2022 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 7500-8500 USD