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Tetradrachm of Rhodes with head of Helios
Greek
Late Classical Period
about 385–360 B.C.
Mint: Caria (Islands off), Rhodes
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 24 mm. Weight: 15.18 gm.
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1098
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 2039.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Helios slightly to right of full front, hair in flying locks.
Reverse: In depression, rose on stalk with erect bud at left.
Below at left, Greek letter, at right, caduceus upwards; inscription in Greek above rose.
Reverse: In depression, rose on stalk with erect bud at left.
Below at left, Greek letter, at right, caduceus upwards; inscription in Greek above rose.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1203); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren