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Drachm - Adrastos
| Issuer | Rhodes |
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| Year | 177 BC - 155 BC |
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| Currency | Rhodian plintophoric drachm |
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| Obverse description | Radiate head of Helios facing three-quarters right, depicted in high relief with characteristic sun rays emanating from the hair in bold striated lines. The youthful, idealized effigy displays finely modeled facial features including a pronounced brow, straight nose, and parted lips, consistent with the artistic conventions of Rhodian coinage of the plintophoric series. The field is plain, with no legend or additional devices. The style reflects the accomplished die-cutting tradition of the Rhodian mint during the mid-second century BC. |
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| Reverse description | Central device is a rose in full bloom with a bud to the right, the civic emblem of Rhodes, rendered in fine detail. The magistrate's name ΑΔΡΑΣΤΟΣ (Adrastos) appears in Greek letters above the rose, while the letters Ρ and Ο flank the rose on either side, serving as the ethnic abbreviation for Rhodos. A serpent is positioned in the lower left field. The entire composition is contained within a shallow square incuse (plinth), characteristic of the Rhodian plintophoric series, giving this coinage type its name. |
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| Mint | Rhodes |
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