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Chalkon

Issuer	Rhodes
Year	166 BC - 88 BC
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Currency	Drachm
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Obverse description	Radiate head of Helios (Rhodos) facing three-quarters right, the deity personifying the island of Rhodes, adorned with a stephane, pendant earrings, and a necklace. The radiating crown, rendered as a series of solar rays emanating from the head, is characteristic of Rhodian bronze coinage of this period. The portraiture displays the fine Hellenistic style typical of the Rhodian mint, with carefully rendered facial features and hair. The field is unlettered.
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Reverse description	Within a shallow incuse square, a rose in full bloom shown in profile, the civic emblem and punning symbol of Rhodes (Rhodon in Greek), flanked on each side by a leafy branch or bud. The letters P and O, an abbreviated ethnic for POΔION (Rhodion), appear in the field alongside the rose. The incuse square border is a hallmark of early Hellenistic bronze coinage from the Rhodian mint, framing the design with a crisp geometric boundary.
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Reverse lettering	ΡΟ
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