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Chalkon

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Features

Issuer Rhodes
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 200 BC - 160 BC
Value Chalkon (1⁄48)
Currency Rhodian drachm
Composition Brąz
Weight 1.3 g
Diameter 12 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
291321
References Ashton# 332
Richard Ashton; 2001. “The Coinage of Rhodes 408-c.190 BC”, Money and its uses in the ancient Greek world, pages 79-115.
, SNG von Aulock# 2835
Gebr. Mann (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Sammlung von Aulock. Gebr. Mann, Berlin, Germany (17 volumes).
, SNG Ashmolean# 626-627
Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes).
, SNG Munich 22# 644
Hans Roland Baldus; 2006. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Staatliche Münzsammlung München / Heft 22. Karien. Hirmer, Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
, BMC Greek# 326
British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).
, SNG Keckman Karia# 607-616
Ulla Westermark; 1994. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Finland / Part 1. The Erkki Keckman Collection in the Skopbank, Helsinki: Karia. Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Helsinki, Finland.
, SNG Copenhagen# 858-859
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).
, HN Online# 416
Historia numorum (http://hno.huma-num.fr/)

Obverse

(en) Radiate Head of Helios facing right.

Reverse

(en) Ρ / Ο flanking rose with bud on either side

Script: grecki

Lettering: Ρ Ο

Mint

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

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (200 BC - 160 BC) 

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