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Hemidrachm - Dexikrates
| Issuer | Rhodes |
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| Year | 170 BC - 150 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | A rose in full bloom with stem and a bud to the right occupies the central field, flanked by the letters Ρ to the left and Ο to the right, forming the ethnic abbreviation for Rhodes (ΡΟΔΟΣ). The magistrate's name ΔΕΞΙΚΡΑΤΗΣ appears above in Greek letters. To the lower left, a winged kerykeion (caduceus) serves as a secondary symbol. The entire design is set within a shallow square incuse characteristic of the Rhodian plintophoric coinage series. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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Rhodian hemidrachms of this period were struck under an eponymous magistrate system — the name Dexikrates appearing on the die identifies a specific official responsible for that issue, not a mint master in the later Roman sense. Rhodes maintained one of the most disciplined and consistent silver coinages in the Hellenistic Aegean, a product of its status as a major commercial hub whose currency circulated well beyond the island itself. The Second Macedonian War and subsequent Roman interventions had dramatically reshaped Rhodian political fortunes by this decade.
Jenkins' die study remains the foundational reference for sequencing these magistrate issues.