Oh my God, he didn't buy "another" Rhodes example, did he?!! => yup, I scored another sweet Rhodes rose example for the ol' side-collection!! Fortunately, this sweet new-comer was only a $75-hammer (which was under the initial estimate, so I was happy with my pick-up!!) This is a big-baby ... 35 mm and over 20 grams of chunk!! (it's gonna feel good in-hand) Sure, it has a pretty sizeable crack in it, but it has lasted 2000 years, so I'm not too worried about it "structurally" ... anyway, I hope you like my new bargain-basement Rhodes example ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Æ Drachm Early-mid 1st century AD Diameter: 35 mm Weight: 20.73 grams Obverse: Antigonos, magistrate. Radiate head of Dionysus left, wearing ivy wreath Reverse: Nike right on rose, holding wreath and palm frond Reference: RPC I 2756; BMC 364 Other: 2h … earthen green patina, crack running along reverse edge
Oh, so please let 'er buck, my rowdy roadie-friends!! => let's see your Rhodes examples!! ... and/or let's see your Nike with wreath examples as well ... Here are my other sweet Rhodes friends (4 x AE & 2 x AR): <=== my fav (old school) ya gotta stop and smell the roses, eh?
Wow, Steve, nice collection of Rhodes. My favers were your last two...the Archaic and the later AR... I would like those. Me? I looked everywhere in my collection... I have none, zip, nil, null, void, zero, ZILCH Rhodes! I reckon I would be a Rhode-Apple for not having any. I did get a really cool one from Aesernia today.
ahaha => yup, you got it correct, applegandalf!! Luckily, I still have this girl performing that chore
CARION ISLANDS: RHODES Hemidrachm OBVERSE: Radiate head of Helios 3/4 facing REVERSE: Rose with magistrates name above, caduceous left all within uncuse square Struck at Rhodes 167-88 BC 1.6g; 12mm Sear 5065v
LOL, WITHOUT using your glasses, and WITHOUT looking at your pic... Please READ out loud the names of those Magistrates! Wow, with that coin being so tiny, and there are a LOT of letters in that Magistrates line... Why did the cellator even bother to put their names on the coin?!
Fantastic coins, gang => thanks for posting (man, I still need all three of those types ... this sub-collection may take a while to complete)
I do like the coins of Rhodes, my only example: Rhodes C. 175-150 BC, hemidrachm, head of Helios 3/4 right / rose in incuse square with grapes.
