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1/4 Stater - Diognetos
| Uitgever | Rhodes |
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| Jaar | 125 BC - 88 BC |
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| Valuta | Attic drachm |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Radiate head of Helios facing three-quarters to the right, rendered in high relief with characteristic radiating crown composed of multiple pointed rays spreading prominently across the upper field. The deity's facial features are finely modelled with a youthful, idealized expression, reflecting the Hellenistic artistic tradition of Rhodes, whose patron god was Helios. A small globular control mark appears in the lower left field. |
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| Oplage | ND (125 BC - 88 BC) |
| Aanvullende informatie |
Rhodes minted gold fractions sparingly during this period, reserving silver for the heavy commercial traffic that made the island one of the Mediterranean's dominant trading entrepôts. The gold coinage belonged to a different economic register entirely — likely used for official payments, mercenary wages, or large-scale transactions where silver's bulk became impractical. The magistrate name Diognetos places this piece within a sequenced series documented by Jenkins, whose die study remains the definitive framework for attributing these fractional issues.
The terminal date of 88 BC is not arbitrary — Mithridates VI sacked and plundered Rhodes's commercial rivals that year, and the island's independent coinage effectively collapsed shortly after under Roman economic pressure.