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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carl Wilmont, post: 4422689, member: 75496&quot;]Nice coins- with much clearer details than my example below.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently had &quot;Helios&quot; on my mind, posting a comparison of his famous statue, the Colossus of Rhodes with the Colossus of Apollonia in [USER=111062]@Claudius 11[/USER]&#039;s &quot;Me and the Wife&quot; thread which featured coins from Apollonia Pontica:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/4409951/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/4409951/">https://www.cointalk.com/posts/4409951/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>My only Rhodes coin with Helios was acquired close to when I was just beginning my ancient coin collection. It&#039;s a coin that I&#039;ve since had some concerns about with regard to its authenticity, and I would appreciate anyone&#039;s thoughts on that.&nbsp; Are the surface issues due to pitting and/or porosity or is there evidence of casting bubbles? Many are not perfectly round. The edge shows no seam (took a photo below, but it is not very clear).&nbsp; The &quot;bow-in-quiver&quot; type (item in left field on the reverse) does not appear to be very common (I found only two other examples when trying to identify it). Not sure if that is a retrograde &quot;P&quot; on the left side of the rose stem or not.&nbsp; The &quot;O&quot; on the other side is clear.&nbsp; The diameter and weight seem to be in an acceptable range for a hemidrachm.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1108893[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108894[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Islands off Caria. Rhodos. ΓΟΡΓΟΣ (Gorgos), magistrate circa 304-189 BC.</p><p>AR Hemidrachm.&nbsp; Head of Helios facing. / Rose with O to right of stem (and (Retrograde P to left?), ΓOPΓOΣ above, bow-in-quiver in left field. 14.5 mm. 1.99 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108895[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Comments from your assessments are invited/welcomed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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