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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7951264, member: 96898"]This recent acquisition is not a very scarce type but, at least in my eyes, quite beautiful:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377576[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Caria, Rhodes, AR plinthophoric drachm, 88–84 BC, magistrate: Nikephoros. Obv: head of Helios, radiate, r. Rev: NIKHΦOPOΣ; rosebud and ethnic R-O in incuse; in field l., hand holding grain ear. 14mm, 2.81g. Ref: Jenkins, Rhodian, Group E, 249; HGC 6, 1461. Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., auction 297, lot 107 (1979).</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Rhodian <i>plinthophoroi </i>were with some certainty introduced around 190 BC and continued for a century until the end of the first Mithridatic War in 84 BC. At this point, the reverse design changed to a full-blown rose viewed from above. My drachm thus dates to the very end of the plinthophoric series. The term <i>plinthophoric </i>used to describe this period of Rhodian coinage refers to the characteristic square incuse on the reverse of this series: Greek πλίνθος translates as "brick" or "ingot."</p><p><br /></p><p>Rhodian plinthophoric drachms usually aren't hard to find. Yet, I very much like the toning and style on my example, and it came with a good 1970s pedigree.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Please post your Rhodian coins and common but beautiful ancients!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 7951264, member: 96898"]This recent acquisition is not a very scarce type but, at least in my eyes, quite beautiful: [ATTACH=full]1377576[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Caria, Rhodes, AR plinthophoric drachm, 88–84 BC, magistrate: Nikephoros. Obv: head of Helios, radiate, r. Rev: NIKHΦOPOΣ; rosebud and ethnic R-O in incuse; in field l., hand holding grain ear. 14mm, 2.81g. Ref: Jenkins, Rhodian, Group E, 249; HGC 6, 1461. Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachf., auction 297, lot 107 (1979).[/SIZE] Rhodian [I]plinthophoroi [/I]were with some certainty introduced around 190 BC and continued for a century until the end of the first Mithridatic War in 84 BC. At this point, the reverse design changed to a full-blown rose viewed from above. My drachm thus dates to the very end of the plinthophoric series. The term [I]plinthophoric [/I]used to describe this period of Rhodian coinage refers to the characteristic square incuse on the reverse of this series: Greek πλίνθος translates as "brick" or "ingot." Rhodian plinthophoric drachms usually aren't hard to find. Yet, I very much like the toning and style on my example, and it came with a good 1970s pedigree. [B]Please post your Rhodian coins and common but beautiful ancients![/B][/QUOTE]
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