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Didrachm of Rhodes with head of Helios, struck under Aristokritos

Greek
Hellenistic Period
3rd–2nd century B.C.
Mint: Caria (Islands off), Rhodes

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 18 mm. Weight: 6.46 gm.
Credit Line Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number01.5619
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2056.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Helios, radiate, almost full-front to right.
Reverse: Within a circle of dots a rose.
In field, at left, aphlaston and at right, stem with bud and long tendrils.
Inscriptions in Greek above and at left and right below.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 22,142.63 (this figure is the total price for MFA 01.5425-01.5657)