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Drachm - Damokrines
| Issuer | Rhodes |
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| Year | 205 BC - 190 BC |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Radiate facing head of Helios, rendered three-quarter facing to the right, with finely modelled features and abundant wavy hair swept back from the forehead and falling in thick locks to either side. The effigy displays the characteristic high-relief workmanship of Rhodian coinage, with the solar rays emerging from the crown of the head. The field is plain, with no surrounding legend, the entire composition centred on the imposing divine portrait. |
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| Reverse description | A fully open rose blossom depicted facing, with broad rounded petals and a prominent central bud, flanked by two curving leaves or sepals issuing from the stem below. To the upper left, a five-pointed star serves as a secondary control symbol. The magistrate's name ΔΑΜΟΚΡΙΝΗΣ is inscribed in Greek letters along the upper periphery, while the ethnic ΡΟΔ (for ΡΟΔΙΩΝ, Rhodes) appears in the lower field. The design is rendered in crisp relief characteristic of the plinthophoric series of Rhodian silver coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΔΑΜΟΚΡΙΝΗΣ ΡΟΔ (Translation: Damokrines / Rhodes) |
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