Ancients => Seriously, you bought "another" Rhodes coin?!!

Yes ... yes, I did ... I bought another very sweet, sweet coin from Rhodes!!

However, this cool lil' winner is taken from a slightly different perspective => it is viewed from above (plan view)

=> yup, I am absolutely in love with my new AR Rhodes sweetie .... and it also has such a lovely style (I hope that you guys fall in love with my new lil' babe)

Islands off Caria, Rhodes. AR drachm, Nikophon, magistrate
circa 84-30 BC
Diameter: 19-20 mm
Weight: 4.16 grams
Obverse: Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right
Reverse: Rose seen from above; NIKOΦON above
Reference: SNG Keckman 744; HGC 6, 1456
Other: somewhat scarcer silver issue, nice grade ... struck from slightly worn/corroded dies ... lovely style

 

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That has to be one of the ugliest coins I've ever seen. Why don't ya just send it to me so I can dispose of it properly?

 

Oh, and just to keep my OCD in check, I really gotta post my other two sweet, sweet Rhodes examples (thanks for viewing)






=> yup ... that's my whole happy family!!

Cheers

 

Oh, and just in case you dudes haven't figured it out => Rhodes translates into "Roses" (or field of Roses)

... very cool coins (I may need to eventually hunt the entire type) ... and lovin' it!!

 

oh wow, how cool. i've never seen a top down rose before. helios looks like he is in very high relief as well...any chance angle shot of that one?

 

Great one!

 

Thanks, fellas ...

chrsmat71 => I promise that I'll try to remember to take a side-shot, if it looks like it'd be a winner (cheers)

 

Another great coin Steve! Can't have too many coins from Rhodes. Too bad about that earthquake though - I would have liked to have seen the Colossus.

 

Great coin Steve! The forward facing heads are always interesting.

 

Sweet coin Steve! Love the portrait of Helios. And as far as location it doesn't get any more classic than the renowned ancient city of Rhodes.





Well done.

 

Well, that artist's rendition of the Colossus of Rhodes makes it look a mile high. It was only about 100 feet. I don't think we'd find it very impressive today, at least not for its height.

 

Thanks for the great coin-compliments, fellas ... yah, I really like this coin (I agree that the 3/4 facing examples have a very special look to 'em)

Feel free to add any of your cool 3/4 facing examples to my thread (thanks)

=> here are a couple more examples from my coin stable ...

Ionia, Klazomenai. Æ19
Mid-late 4th century B.C.
Diameter: 19 mm
Weight: 4.63 grams
Obverse: Bust of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet
Reverse: KLAΖOME/NIΩN in two lines above, ram walking right; in right field, trophy


TROAS, Sigeion. Æ20
4th-3rd centuries BC
Diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 8.03 grams
Obverse: Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple crested helmet and necklace
Reverse: Double-bodied owl standing facing; crescent to right



ISLAMIC, Anatolia & al-Jazira (Post-Seljuk),
Zangids (al-Mawsil), Saif al-Din Ghazi II
Æ Dirhem
1170-1180 AD
Dated AH 567 (1171/2 AD)
Diameter: 30 mm
Weight: 13.21 grams
Obverse: Draped young male bust facing slightly left, wearing hair in foreknot; above, winged figures flanking; AH date to right and left
Reverse: Name and titles of Saif al-Din Ghazi II in five lines and in outer margins



... and today's sweet babe ...

 

Cool new addition, Steve, you're starting up quite a collection of these Rhodian coins .

I've have just two 3/4 facing heads. Athena, looking like she's wearing a bandit's mask...

THESSALY, Pharsalos
Circa 4th - 3rd century BC
AE Trichalkon. 7.1g, 23mm max diameter
BCD 672.4
O: Helmeted head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing plain necklace with central medallion.
R: FA to l., upwards, P in field r., SA below r., armoured Thessalian horseman in short chiton and wearing Boeotian helmet above which crescent with its horns upwards, brandishing bifurcate flail and riding right on prancing horse decorated with a beaded necklace, Corinthian helmet below.

And a new addition of my own, this time an Apollo...

AEOLIS, Grynion
Circa 3rd century BC
AE12. 1.73g, 12mm
SNG Copenhagen 205; BMC 1; SNG von Aulock 1619
O: Three-quarter facing head of Apollo, turned slightly left, wearing laurel wreath.
R: ΓΥΡ, mussel shell.

 

Thanks, Z-bro ...

Wow, I like both of your 3/4 facing gems! (thanks for posting)

 

Well, if we're doing 3/4-facing portraits, I'll share this Honorius. Finding good portraits on these bronze coins is quite tough, since the relief is much lower than on the Greek coins. Usually the face is completely smushed.

 

Cool example, JA ... I'm pretty sure that I don't have any 3/4 facing "Roman" coins (thanks for posting)

 

Wow Steve you are a coin buying machine, love your new coins, i don't have any rhodes coins, but i do have a wild rose bush in the back yard.
How's the remodel going, we are having a great Summer. have temps in the mid 80's for day's and day's to come.

 

Yah, my Dad said that it has been a sweet summer back on the West Coast (doesn't get any better than being sunny and warm on the ol' water) ...

Renos are just starting ... we're both finally relaxing and settling-in to the routine of doin' f-all and not feeling guilty about it (we're about to go for a round of golf ... ho-hum, life is tough, eh?)

Cheers, brother (thanks for the coin-compliments) ... your comment about the wild rose bush brought back memories (have a great day)

 

Nice coins.

I'd like to get a tet with Alexander/Hercules portrait & a rose monogram on the reverse. I've only seen it in books.

Here is a Rhodes drachm:

CARIAN ISLANDS, Rhodes.
AR Drachm. 188-170 B.C.3.16 grams, 17 mm.
Obv: Radiant head of Helios facing right.
Rev: Rose with P to left and O to right,
AINHTΩP (Ainetor magistrate)

above, all within an incuse square.
Grade: aEF, with attractive cabinet tone.
Other: Plinthophoric standard coinage.
Jenkins, Rhodian, Group A, 7.