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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 2999192, member: 87404&quot;][ATTACH=full]741622[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Rhodes, Island off Caria,</b></p><p><b>AE10, 350-300 BC</b></p><p>Obverse: Diademed head of Rhodos right, wearing earring and necklace.</p><p>Reverse: Rose with bud to the right, P-O in field, possible remnants of uncertain symbol left near flan edge crack.</p><p>References: SNG Helsinki 384-392 var; SNG Copenhagen 750-751 var; BMC Caria p238-239, 74ff var; SNG von Aulock 2796-2797 var</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]741626[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The large and important island of Rhodos, off the south-west coast of Asia Minor, produced a considerable coinage in the archaic period from its three major cities, Ialysos, Kamiros and Lindos. After the Persian wars, no further coinage was issued on the island until the foundation of the new federal capital circa 408 B.C. This splendid city, situated on the northern promontory only 12 miles from the mainland, was given the same name as the island. It quickly achieved great prosperity and eventually became one of the principal trading centers of the ancient world. In the third century Rhodos exercised much political influence in the eastern Mediterranean, through the strength of its fleet. But in 167 B.C. the Romans declared Delos a free port, and the Rhodians, their prosperity now greatly diminished, sank into comparative obscurity. In Greek mythology, Rhodos or Rhodus (also known as Rhode) was the goddess of the island of Rhodes and the wife of Helios, and she was the daughter of Aphrodite and Poseidon <i><span style="color: #bfbfbf">(TrustedCoins.com)</span></i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]741627[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]741628[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]741629[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]741630[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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