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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Rhodes |
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| Year | 385 BC - 360 BC |
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| Value | Tetradrachm (4) |
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| Obverse description | Facing head of Helios, the sun god, rendered in three-quarter view turned slightly to the right, his hair spreading outward in bold radiating waves characteristic of his solar iconography. The modelling of the face is executed in high relief, exhibiting the confident naturalistic style of early fourth-century BC Rhodian coinage. The field is plain, with no legend or subsidiary device. |
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| Reverse description | A rose with a budding side-shoot to the left, the civic emblem of Rhodes, depicted in high relief within a square incuse. The ethnic inscription ΡΟΔΙΟΝ appears above the rose in Greek characters. The letter Σ is placed in the field between the bud and the main rose bloom, likely serving as a magistrate's or control mark. An owl standing to the left occupies the right field, serving as an additional control symbol. The entire composition is enclosed within a recessed square incuse punch, typical of early Rhodian silver coinage of this period. |
| Reverse script | Greek |
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