I finally got a coin from Rhodes (provided it's not an imitative) and took some pics of Ptolemaic ae 20ish, I'm guessing, that its Ptolemy II This is what the hemidrachm is listed as Rhodos, Carian Islands, c. 188 - 84 B.C. Silver hemidrachm, cf. SNG Keckman 642 ff. (various magistrates and control symbols), Fine/Fair, scratches, underweight (perhaps imitative), 0.905g, 13.0mm, 135o, Rhodos (Rhodes) mint, c. 188 - 84 B.C.; obverse radiate head of Helios facing slightly right; reverse rose with bud to right, P-O in fields, magistrates name above, control symbol lower left, all within a shallow square incus
I love the coin from Rhodes. The "rose" has a special meaning to people in the intelligence community.
The Rhodes small silver suffer from really small letters in the magistrate names and way to many of them begin with an A. I believe mine is Aexagoras with grapes in lower left but I do not own SNG Keckman to check it against #647 to see if it matches the one I found listed in acsearch. Yours starts with an A possibly followed by gamma or rho but the scratches make it pretty much a guess. There seems to be a lot of variation on these so I'd not call yours imitative (just scratched). Is that LI in the left reverse field of the Ptolemy? There is a ligature under it but I'm not able to read it or find a match in five minutes of looking. I have enough trouble IDing these when all is clear.
Thanks. Yeah, one wall I have for collection Ptolemy coins is that it's difficult for me to id them. I'll have to give them a another look over to see what I can make out.
Rhodes AR Hemidrachm 408-390 BC Diameter: 13.0 mm Weight: 1.7 grams Obverse: Head of Helios facing Reverse: Rose in Incuse Square Characteristics: "Rare Early Issue"
