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Hemidrachm - Melantas
| Issuer | Rhodes |
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| Year | 125 BC - 88 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A rose in full bloom, the civic badge of Rhodes, depicted with open petals and a bud to the right, accompanied by a bunch of grapes to the lower right serving as a magistrate's symbol. The entire reverse design is contained within a shallow incuse square, a hallmark of Rhodian hemidrachm coinage. The magistrate's name ΜΕΛΑΝΤΑΣ appears in the field, accompanied by the ethnic abbreviation ΡΟ for Rhodos. The composition is carefully balanced within the square border, with the floral and botanical devices arranged in a traditional Rhodian layout consistent with the late Hellenistic civic coinage series. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
| Reverse lettering | ΜΕΛΑΝΤΑΣ P O (Translation: Melantas Rhodes) |
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