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Didrachm of Rhodes with head of Helios, struck under Eu[...]
Greek
Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period
360–304 B.C.
Mint: Caria (Islands off), Rhodes
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 6.81 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1102
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2052.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Helios slightly to right of full front, hair in flying locks.
Reverse: In depression, rose on stalk with bud at right.
At left thyrsos with taenia
Inscriptions in Greek below and above rose.
Reverse: In depression, rose on stalk with bud at right.
At left thyrsos with taenia
Inscriptions in Greek below and above rose.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1209); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren