Hemidrachm - Melantas

Features

Issuer	Rhodes
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	125 BC - 88 BC
Value	Hemidrachm (½)
Currency	Rhodian plintophoric drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	1.2 g
Diameter	14 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana, Incuse
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 192681
References	Jenkins Rhodian# 98 Gilbert Kenneth Jenkins; 1989. “Rhodian Plinthophoroi - a Sketch”, Kraay-Mørkholm essays, pages 101-119, plates XXIX-XXXIV. , HN Online# 77 Historia numorum (http://hno.huma-num.fr/) , HGC 6# 1463 var. Oliver D. Hoover; 2010. Handbook of Coins of the Islands / Volume 6: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian Seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus) : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States / London, United Kingdom.

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Obverse

Promienista głowa Heliosa, zwrócona w trzech czwartych w prawo. Automatically translated

Reverse

Róża z pączkiem w prawo i poniżej w prawo, kiść winogron. Całość wpisana w płytki kwadrat. Automatically translated

Script: grecki

Lettering:
ΜΕΛΑΝΤΑΣ
P O

Mint

Ródos, Caria, modern-day Island of Rhodes, Greece

Comments

Kwestia "plintoforyczna". Zobacz ten artykuł wyjaśniający serię https://www.cngcoins.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=417

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (125 BC - 88 BC)							$ 140	$ 270

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Electronic Auction 477 Lot 152	23 Sep 2020	XF	USD 325.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Nomos AG obolos 4 Lot 372	21 Feb 2016	XF	USD 126.66 (CHF 100.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Nomos AG
	Nomos AG obolos 5 Lot 374	26 Jun 2016	VF	USD 177.32 (CHF 140.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	CNG Electronic Auction 231 Lot 102	14 Apr 2010	VF	USD 98.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.