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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Plumbata, post: 3226094, member: 96864&quot;]After a few years of having my lowball bids beaten I finally got a decent Drachm of Rhodes, one of the later Plinthophoric issues which I now understand to be the result of a complete reorganization of their coinage to harmonize with other regional systems as well as the Cistophoric weight standard.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seller&#039;s Pics:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]841043[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]841044[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It looked like a nice example underneath the excessive tarnish and zones of crusty silver sulfide, so after getting it yesterday I dissolved the finger-grease in acetone and poked at the encrustations on both sides with a bamboo skewer for the better part of an hour. There is still some left between the rosebud at right and the edge of the incuse square but I&#039;ll need something tougher (wish I had some Locust tree thorns here) to get the rest.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rhodian Plinthophoric Drachm 15mm, 3.13g</p><p>ΞΕΝΟΦΑΝΤΟΣ (Xenophantos), magistrate circa 188-170 BC.</p><p>Radiate head of Helios right / ΞΕΝΟΦΑΝΤΟΣ above and P-O Ethnic flanking rose, with bud to right; in left field, ram&#039;s head right above Kerykeion/Caduceus.</p><p>48.00 shipped.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Pardon my bad pics, baby broke the good camera <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]841045[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]841046[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn&#039;t call it a collection but have picked up a few other Roses when the prices were right:</p><p><br /></p><p>Plinthophoric Chalkous 13mm, 1.95g ca 166-88 BC. Radiate head of the nymph Rhodos right wearing stephane / Rose with 2 buds, flanked by P-O ethnic in incuse square. </p><p><br /></p><p>The other 2 are an earlier 3/4 facing Hemidrachm 11mm, 1.85g that I can&#039;t quite find a match for due to a strange design element to the right of the rose that looks like a 4-legged beast of some sort (Ram? Wolf?) And a chunky little 9mm, 1.46g bronze with roses on both sides and what looks like KPP above the more ornate rose.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]841047[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]841048[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Any insights or corrections are welcome, and please post your own bouquets, I think I&#039;d like to collect Rhodes and could use some aspirational inspiration![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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