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Hemidrachm - Eukrates
| Uitgever | Rhodes |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 229 BC - 188 BC |
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| Valuta | Drachm |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | A fully open rose rendered in high relief at center, depicted frontally with petals spreading symmetrically around a prominent central bud; a secondary rosebud appears to the right on a short stem with leaves. The magistrate's name EYKPATHΣ is inscribed in Greek letters along the upper field, with the ethnic P-O (for POΔION, Rhodes) divided at the lower left and lower right of the rose, identifying both the issuing authority and the responsible magistrate. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | EYKPATHΣ P O |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Rhodes maintained an unusually stable coinage through the third and early second centuries BC, even as the wider Aegean was convulsed by the wars between Macedon and Rome. The island's wealth rested on its role as a commercial entrepôt, and the Rhodian mint issued coins in a range of denominations to serve that trade — the hemidrachm functioning as practical small change within a system anchored by the didrachm.
The magistrate name Eukrates appears on a relatively limited run within the broader series, placing this piece among the more specific attributable issues of the period. The HGC 6 classification narrows it firmly within the plinthophoric coinage sequence that Rhodes adopted around 229 BC.