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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pavlos, post: 3226119, member: 96635&quot;]Great coin and a nice ram as mintmark. In my opinion you shouldn&#039;t aim to clean it all the way until it is shiny to the bare metal, I prefer a coin with slight darkening of the silver much more then one that almost looks like the silver is from 2018, but that is just my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, could I ask why you date the coin 188-170 B.C.? As far as I know plinthophoric Rhodos coins didn&#039;t come until around 170 B.C. I would date this coin around 170-150 B.C.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, nice looking little collection, I have Rhodos on my list to have a denomination set from, however I am a little bit more focused on coins from Epiros and Ephesos at the moment.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my rare Rhodos drachm with a butterfly countermark, around 35-20 years before the issue of the plinthophoric coinage:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.ibb.co%2FnQE1JU%2F22.jpg&amp;hash=811d7ea4a3193f943f080f1f808271fa" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Rhodes AR Drachm. Circa 205-190 BC.</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Facing head of Helios with flowing hair</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Magistrate ΑΙΝΗΤΩΡ (Ainetor) above, P-O below, rose in bloom with side</p><p>branch bud to right &amp; butterfly to left.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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