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Hemistater - Arkhinos
| Issuer | Rhodes |
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| Year | 125 BC - 88 BC |
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| Weight | 3.38 g |
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| Reverse description | A rose with a single bud to the left, the civic emblem of Rhodes, occupies the central field, flanked by the letters Ρ and Ο on either side. The magistrate's name ΑΡΧΙΝΟΣ is inscribed above in Greek characters, while a palm branch appears in the lower right field as a secondary symbol. The entire design is contained within a shallow square incuse, a characteristic feature of Rhodian gold hemistaters of this emission. |
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| Mintage | ND (125 BC - 88 BC) |
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Rhodes struck gold at this fractional weight only sporadically during the late Hellenistic period, and the issues attributable to the magistrate Arkhinos fall within the decades when the island was navigating the economic fallout of Rome's establishment of Delos as a free port in 166 BC — a decision that devastated Rhodian trade revenues and forced the city to restructure its monetary output considerably. Gold fractions of this type saw limited circulation, likely serving mercantile or diplomatic functions rather than everyday exchange.
Jenkins's die study places this emission relatively late in the sequence, consistent with the island's reduced but still independent mint activity before the Social War disruptions of 88 BC effectively ended this gold series.