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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 3552333, member: 96635&quot;]Some of you might remember one of my first coins, which is a drachm from Rhodos with a butterfly on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://image.ibb.co/nQE1JU/22.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 205-190 BC. Magistrate Ainetor.</b></p><p><b>Obverse: </b>Facing head of Helios with flowing hair</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: ΑΙΝΗΤΩΡ above, P-O below, rose in bloom with side branch bud to right &amp; butterfly to left.</p><p>15mm; 2.28g.</p><p><br /></p><p>See the write up here: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/nice-butterfly-on-rhodos-drachm.322408/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/nice-butterfly-on-rhodos-drachm.322408/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/nice-butterfly-on-rhodos-drachm.322408/</a></p><p>And the write up at the awesome coin imperator tournament 2018: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-28-24-pavlos-vs-32-zumbly-round-3-cit-2018.323056" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-28-24-pavlos-vs-32-zumbly-round-3-cit-2018.323056">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/poll-28-24-pavlos-vs-32-zumbly-round-3-cit-2018.323056</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I am now glad to add another Rhodian butterfly to my collection!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/w9oFIL3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Rhodes. Plinthophoric Drachm (Circa 190-170 BC). magistrate Onasandros.</b></p><p><b>Obverse: </b>Radiate head of Helios right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> ONAΣANΔPOΣ / P - O.&nbsp; Rose with bud to right. Control: Butterfly to left; all within incuse square.</p><p>Reference: Jenkins Group A, 5; HGC 6, 1457.</p><p>3.09g; 16mm</p><p><br /></p><p>This time the coin is from a slightly later period, during the Plinthophoric coinage. In this new coinage the Rhodians added the incuse square to the reverse to show that the weight of these re-introduced drachms (and fractions) are of the same high standard weight as the Rhodian coins from the 4th century, which also had an incuse square.</p><p><br /></p><p>The butterfly from up close:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/XXWNts7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please share your Rhodos coins here![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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