No story today :) Just the coin:


Obverse: Radiate head of Helios facing slightly right

Reverse: APTEMΩN / P-O, rose with bud to right, hook to left; all within incuse square.

Struck 170-150 BC in Rhodes. Struck to the so-called Plinthophoric standard, under the magistrate Artemon.

13.1mm, 1.16g.

Jenkins 50; SNG Helsinki 658. VF

  • @EvilCartyenOPM
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    11 year ago

    It is indeed struck using a punch with a design, many Greek coins were :) Coins from Rhodes always feature a rose.

    Incidentally, I think the portrait of Helios looks a lot like Alexander the Great.