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Tetradrachm - Tharsytas
| Issuer | Rhodes |
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| Year | 230 BC - 205 BC |
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| Reference(s) | Ashton#215, SNG Copenhagen#756, SNG Ashmolean#593, SNG Keckman Karia#550, SNG von Aulock#2802, HGC 6#1432, HN Online#390, BMC Greek#126 |
| Obverse description | Facing head of Helios rendered in high relief, with radiate nimbus of straight rays emanating from the crown of the head. The god's wavy hair frames the face symmetrically, cascading in thick locks to either side. The facial features are rendered with exceptional Hellenistic artistry, displaying large almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose, and slightly parted lips. The flan fills almost entirely with the impressive three-quarter facing effigy, a hallmark of Rhodian coinage of this period. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | A large rose in full bloom occupies the central field, depicted with open petals and flanked by a budding stem with leaves to the right, the characteristic civic badge of Rhodes (a pun on the island's name). To the lower left, an eagle stands with wings spread atop a thunderbolt. The magistrate's name ΘΑΡΣΥΤΑΣ is inscribed along the upper periphery within a beaded border, with the ethnic abbreviation ΡΟ (for ΡΟΔΙΩΝ) placed in the lower central field beneath the rose. The entire design is enclosed within a prominent beaded circle. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΘΑΡΣΥΤΑΣ ΡΟ |
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