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Drachm - Ainetor
| Issuer | Rhodes |
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| Year | 205 BC - 190 BC |
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| Weight | 2.72 g |
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| Obverse description | Radiate head of Helios rendered in three-quarter facing view, turned slightly to the left, with flowing wavy hair radiating outward from the center of the crown in the characteristic Rhodian style. The facial features are finely modeled with naturalistic, high-relief rendering typical of the Hellenistic period. The field is plain, with no inscription or additional devices. The flan is irregular and slightly broad, consistent with hand-struck silver coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | A fully open rose blossom depicted from above, with broadly spreading petals rendered in high relief at the center of the field, flanked by two rosebuds on curving stems to either side — the emblematic type of the Rhodian coinage. The magistrate's name ΑΙΝΗΤΩΡ (Ainetor) is inscribed in Greek letters along the upper portion of the field, while the ethnic ΡΟ (for ΡΟΔΙΩΝ, Rhodes) appears in the lower field, divided by the central rose motif. A small pellet is visible below the rose. The overall composition is well-centered on an irregular hammered flan. |
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