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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4911347, member: 96898&quot;]That&#039;s a splendid coin you&#039;ve shown. I especially like the Athena Nikephoros in the field. A very nice detail!</p><p><br /></p><p>My hemidrachm isn&#039;t as nice, but it&#039;s from Rhodes and I find the gaff hook fieldmark interesting:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1184878[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Caria, Rhodes, hemidrachm, ca. 205–190 BC, magistrate: Gorgos. Obv: head of helios facing r. Rev: ΓOPΓ[OΣ]; rosebud and ethnic R-[O]; in field l. gaff hook. 10mm, 1.09g. HGC 6, 1454. Ashton: The Coinage of Rhodes (2001), no. 304 (p. 109); SNG Keckman I 585.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is another coin from Rhodes, this time in beautiful but from a much later date:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1184880[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Knights Hospitaller (Order of S. John) at Rhodes, under Raymond Bérenger, AR Gigliato, 1365-1374. Obv: + F RAIMUNDVS BERENGERII D GRA M; Grand Master, wearing cloak with Maltese cross on shoulder, kneeling l. in prayer before patriarchal cross set on steps; arms of Raymond Bérenger to r. Rev: + OSPITAL ♣ S • IOhS • IRLNI : QTS • RODI •; cross fleury with arms of the Knights Hospitaller at the end of each arm. 28 mm, 3.64g. Ref: Metcalf 1208–1210; CCS 22.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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