Ancients => just a wee lil' rose

Yah, when I saw this sweet lil' rose, I knew that it was comin' home ...

Hey, it may be small, but I knew that it would look wonderful nestled-up beside my other cool little Rhodes sweetie ...

Rhodes AE10
Date: 350-300 BC
Diameter: 10.2 mm
Weight: 1.3 grams
Obverse: Diademed head of nymph Rhodos right
Reverse: Rose with bud to right; "P O" below



... sure, I admit that the flan is a bit tight, but the light green & black patina is wonderful, combined with a sweet Rhodos portrait and a vibrant P-O => 'winner'

 

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Super coin! There's just nothing like the itsy-bitsy Greek silvers.

 

This is my other lil' Rhodes sweetie ... it is also a tiny example, but it's a nice early scarce example (it's one of my favourite coins) ... "enjoy"

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




=> hey, please feel free to post your Rhodes coins!!

... I know that a few of you have some of the bigger, fancy examples ...

Cheers!!

 

=> ummm by silvers, you mean bronzes, right JA?



... oh, my 'second' example is silver (so you're kind of correct) ... I like you

 

Oops. Yeah, by "silver" I mean bronze, and by "bronze" I mean gold and by "lead" I mean plutonium.

 

Awwww, don't they look sweet together? (my two lil' Rhodes children)

 

Yes, absolutely great examples of their types!

 

Both are nice coins. For some reason your bronze reveres reminds me of a maple leaf.

 

Ummm, perhaps your eyes are being drawn towards my avatar?



... thanks for the coin-compliment

 

C'mon => I know that a bunch of you have a few sweet Rhodes AR examples (a lot are nicer than my two humble examples) ...


Please bring 'em!!

 

that is a great avatar!

nice little rosie stevex...looks like it pretty thick. has some good mass for such a little coin.

i don't have a rhodes coin to share....on my list.

 

Very nice little brother.

 

I have one like your first example, Steve. It came from that fabulous Goldberg mixed lot I acquired last fall. This one escaped the pile before inventory was complete-- I found it on the floor behind some furniture months later. Whoops



ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes.
350-300 BC
Æ 10 mm, 1.4 gm
Obv: diademed head of Rhodos right
Rev: rose with bud to right (and something to the left); presumably P-O below

 

Well, since we are showing, here is my one example:

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

 

Nice new little coin! I like all the others too. Really have to get myself one of these Rhodian roses at some point.

 

wow, thanks gang ... those examples are absolutely awesome!!

Great lil' AE10 example (yah, I knew that I'd seen it somewhere => thanks for posting it, TIF)

Oh, and out-standingly cool AR example, big bro (thanks for posting, Chief)

Cheers, friends ...

 

Very cool addition! Heres mine. My favorite ones are the side ways bust of Helios. Havent be able to find one I like tats I can afford though.

 

My two hemidrachms are quite different from each other. The earlier (394-387 BC?) has no magistrate name but the city name PODION weakly above the flower.


The later (167-88 BC?) is very late for a coin using the incuse square reverse and crowds in the tiny leters for the magistrate above (Aexagoras?) woth PO flanking the flower.


My stater (304-167 BC?) spells out the city name above and abbreviates the magistrate (P EY with a harpa in the space) at lower left. This coin was purchased from Stacks auction in 1990 and was one of my first larger Greek silvers.



Has everyone heard that this type was once (1600's or before?) thought to be much later and to show Christ with crown of thorns rather than Helios. Numismatic scholarship has come a long way.

 

that last coin is fantastic DS.

i had heard that DS, i thought it was in my "collecting greek coins" book, but didn't find it. must have heard it from you.

the book did mention rhodes was a stronghold of the knights of st. john in medieval times. looks like they did have some autonomous coins minted there between the byzantine and ottoman era. here's one of the medieval coins of rhodes i found of line (not mine).

 

A little late for the party, but here's a couple more

Islands of Caria, Rhodes AR Tetradrachm
(229-205 BC). Tharsytas, magistrate.
Obv.: Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right.
Rev.: Rose with bud to right; to left, eagle standing right on torch.
Ashton 215. SNG Keckman 550.



Islands of Caria, Rhodes AR Didrachm
(250-229 BC). Agesidamos, magistrate.
Obv.: Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right.
Rev.: AΓΗΣΙΔΑΜΟΣ / Ρ - Ο. Rose with bud right. Control: Artemis advancing left, holding torch.
Ashton 206.