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Drachm of Rhodes with head of Helios, struck under Ainetor
Greek
Hellenistic Period
3rd–2nd century B.C.
Mint: Caria (Islands off), Rhodes
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 1.93 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1111
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2064.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Helios slightly to left of full front, serpent-like hair, cord tied below chin.
Reverse: Rose on stalk with bud at right.
At left. head of caduceus.
Inscriptions in Greek above and at sides.
Reverse: Rose on stalk with bud at right.
At left. head of caduceus.
Inscriptions in Greek above and at sides.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, September, 1904
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.
Not listed as Greenwell by Regling.