Silver hemidrachm Rhodes, Rhodos, Carian Islands, c. 170 - 150 B.C.

The c. 3 gram drachm standard on which this coin is struck, used by Rhodes and other Carian cities, is called 'plinthophoric' for the square incuse around the reverse type (plinthos = brick or ingot). The archaized incuse reverse revived a characteristic more typical of the 5th century B.C.

Silver hemidrachm, SNG Keckman, Group B, 654; BMC Caria p. 257, 294 var (T not mentioned); SNG Cop 842 var (same), F, porous, Rhodos (Rhodes) mint, weight 1.261g, maximum diameter 12.8mm, die axis 0o, Plinthophoric period, c. 170 - 150 BC; obverse radiate head of Helios facing slightly right; reverse ARTEMWN (magistrate), rose with bud to right, P - O in fields, club and [T?] lower left.

$250.00