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Didrachm of Rhodes with head of Helios, struck under Akesis
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 250–229 B.C.
Mint: Caria (Islands off), Rhodes
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 6.71 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1106
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2053.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Helios radiate slightly to right of full front; hair in loose locks.
Reverse: In depression, rose with bud at right.
At left small nude Apollo to right, lyre in left hand.
Inscriptions in Greek above and below.
Beaded border.
Reverse: In depression, rose with bud at right.
At left small nude Apollo to right, lyre in left hand.
Inscriptions in Greek above and below.
Beaded border.
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. 1213); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren