Antique Greece – Caria – Caria islands – Rhodes –
Uncertain magistrate – 'Plinthophoric' coin. Diameter:13 mm.Weight:1.05 g.Metal: silverCopy on a small oval flan, slightly off-centred on the reverse side. Very beautiful Helios head. The reverse is nice, with a fine style. Mint mark. It has the patina of an old collection, with glints of gold. Obverse: Radiate head of Helios, three-quarter face looking right.Reverse: Rose with bud on the right; P on the left; all within an incuse square.Rare R1 type.Cf.:BMC, EKC.- Cop, HGCS. This late series of fractional silver coins was one of the longest running out of all the Rhodian series. These types were a continuation of the type found on the previous issues. Helios was adopted as the patron deity of Rhodes upon the city's founding in 407 BC.The rose was a pun on the city's name, a common practice in Greek coinage, and was also the dominant type on the reverse of Rhodian coins until the first century AD.Tracked registered shipping. Read More