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Stater
| Issuer | Kamiros |
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| Year | 500 BC - 480 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A fig leaf rendered in bold relief, depicted frontally with prominent lobes spreading outward from a central stem, occupying the majority of the flan. The leaf's characteristic three-pointed form and veining are rendered in the archaic style typical of early Rhodian coinage. The letters K and A, an abbreviated ethnic for Kamiros, appear in the field flanking the leaf. The design is set against a plain, slightly irregular flan characteristic of hammered silver coinage of the early fifth century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kamiros was one of the three ancient Doric cities of Rhodes — alongside Ialysos and Lindos — that operated independently before synoikismos unified them under the newly founded city of Rhodes in 408 BC. This stater predates that political consolidation by roughly a century, placing it among the issues of a genuinely autonomous polis with its own monetary identity. The Kamiran series is notably sparse in the numismatic record; surviving specimens appear infrequently on the market compared to contemporary Rhodian and Corinthian output.
The weight standard aligns with the Chian or so-called "Rhodian" standard widely adopted across the eastern Aegean during this period.