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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 4416319, member: 96635&quot;]Nice coin and write up [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER]! I like the Janiform heads on coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/erOAE8b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Memnon of Rhodes. Troad, Lampsakos mint. Æ Chalkous (Circa 350 B.C)</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Radiate youthful head of Helios right.</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Rose in profile; M - E flanking.</p><p><b>Reference:</b> Ashton, Memnon 1; SNG Copenhagen (Caria) 914.</p><p>0.75g; 8mm </p><p><br /></p><p>This very rare issue of chalkoi is the only known bronze coinage that accompanied the rare silver drachms featuring a similar obverse portrait set on a radiate disk. The series of “solar disk” drachms have been variably attributed to Megiste, Nisyros, and Euthana. Recent hoard evidence, as well as single finds, particularly regarding this bronze issue, has prompted a reattribution of the coinage to a single location in the Troad, probably Lampsakos (See Ashton, Memnon, pp. 11-15). Ashton suggests that these coins were struck by Memnon of Rhodes at a time when he controlled the city, and that the coins with ME specifically refer to him, while those inscribed EY and NI are possibly his subordinates. Memnon of Rhodes was a prominent Greek commander in the service of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. Related by marriage to the Persian aristocracy, he served the Persian king for most of his life. Memnon was arguably the toughest defender to challenge Alexander and was nearly successful in putting a halt to his advance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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