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

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  1. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    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


    Rhodes Top view rose a.jpg Rhodes Top view rose b.jpg
     
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  3. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    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?
     
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  4. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

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

    rhodesa.jpg rhodesb.jpg
    Rhodes AE10 a.jpg Rhodes AE10 b.jpg
    Rhodes Top view rose a.jpg Rhodes Top view rose b.jpg
    The Brady Bunch.jpg

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

    Cheers
     
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  5. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

     
  6. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    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!!
     
  7. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    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?
     
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  8. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Great one!
     
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  9. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    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)
     
  10. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    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.
     
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  11. Whizb4ng

    Whizb4ng HIC SVNT DRACONES

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

    RaceBannon Member

    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.

    Colossus_of_Rhodes_1920_x_1080.jpg



    Well done.
     
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  13. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    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.
     
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  14. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    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
    Ionia Klazomenai.jpg

    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
    Troas Sigeion.jpg


    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
    Islamic Anatolia & al-Jazira.jpg


    ... and today's sweet babe ...
    Rhodes Top view rose.jpg
     
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  15. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    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 pharsalos400.jpg
    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...
    Grynion.jpg
    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.
     
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  16. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    Thanks, Z-bro ...

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

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    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.

    honoriusff.jpg
     
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  18. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

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

    Eng Senior Eng

    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.:)
     
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  20. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    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)
     
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  21. Collect89

    Collect89 Coin Collector

    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:
    Rhodes Helios R Drachm Collage.jpg
    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.
     
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