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1/4 Stater - Damas
| Issuer | Rhodes |
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| Year | 125 BC - 88 BC |
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| Value | 1/4 Gold Stater (5) |
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| Obverse description | Radiate head of Helios facing right, rendered in fine Hellenistic style with characteristic sunburst crown of radiating rays framing the deity's youthful, idealized features. The portrait displays a well-modeled profile with a prominent brow, straight nose, and slightly parted lips, set within a gently irregular hammered field typical of Rhodian gold coinage of the late second and early first century BC. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Rhodes maintained remarkable commercial autonomy throughout the Hellenistic period, and its gold fractions served long-distance trade networks rather than local exchange. The island's position as a dominant Aegean entrepôt made small-denomination gold genuinely functional, not ceremonial. Minting was interrupted and eventually curtailed after Rome stripped Rhodes of its free port status at Delos in 166 BC — a punitive measure following the Third Macedonian War that devastated Rhodian revenues and compressed the window for issues of this type.