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Didrachm - Damatrios
| Issuer | Rhodes |
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| Year | 205 BC - 190 BC |
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| Value | Didrachm (2) |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ΔΑΜΑΣΤΡΙΟΣ P O |
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Rhodes issued this didrachm under the magistrate Damatrios during a period when the island was navigating the volatile aftermath of the First Macedonian War and the rising aggression of Antiochus III in the east. Rhodian silver of this period was produced to a consistently high standard partly because the island's commercial dominance — its harbor revenues and role as the Aegean's principal entrepôt — demanded universally trusted coinage. The Rhodians had every financial incentive to maintain weight integrity.
Ashton's die study places this magistrate issue within a sequence that helped fund Rhodian naval operations, culminating in the island's pivotal role brokering the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC.