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
I am not subscribed to this but man, this is the content I have been missing. Thank you for posting!
No problem, feel free to lurk 😁 maybe get inspired to start a small collection. With ancient coins you choose your own adventure, so to speak.
Wow I really like thos coin, it’s soo clean! I really like that the design on the reverse is cut out of a square like they used a punch. I love coins with mythology related figures on them like creatures and gods. It makes the time in history when those religions were relevant seem more real.
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.
