Tetradrachm

Rhodes maintained unusual monetary independence throughout the fourth century BC, its coinage accepted across the eastern Aegean and into Egypt largely because Rhodian merchants were aggressive enough to make it so. This issue falls within the period immediately following the Social War (357–355 BC), during which Rhodes broke from the Second Athenian League — a political rupture that accelerated the island's push toward a self-sufficient, internationally recognized currency.

Ashton's die study places this type among a relatively confined emission, making high-grade survivors rarer than the series' overall fame suggests.