Rhodes (BC 88) AE 30

ca 88 BC. AE30 (17.59g, 11h). Radiate head of Helios right / Rose; headdress of Isis to left, thunderbolt to right. VF, attractive dark green patina with earthen highlights, slight roughness on reverse. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.

This coinage was struck during Mithradates VI's failed six-month siege of Rhodes in 88 BC. Unable to produce enough silver for military expenditures, the Rhodians resorted to a fiduciary bronze coinage.

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City/Mint name:	Rhodes
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Keywords:	bronze / hellenistic
References:	Ashton, Coinage 97 (A30/P96); SNG Keckman -; SNG Copenhagen 856
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 69 (6/2005), lot 463 ($300 + comm)
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