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Drachm - Agemakhos

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Issuer Rhodes
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 177 BC - 150 BC
Value Drachm (1)
Currency Rhodian plintophoric drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 2.89 g
Diameter 15 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered, Incuse
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
422315
References Jenkins Rhodian# 8
Gilbert Kenneth Jenkins; 1989. “Rhodian Plinthophoroi - a Sketch”, Kraay-Mørkholm essays, pages 101-119, plates XXIX-XXXIV.
, SNG Keckman Karia# 624
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 Ashmolean# 632
Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes).
, SNG Copenhagen# 801
Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).
, HN Online# 180
Historia numorum (http://hno.huma-num.fr/)
, HGC 6# 1457
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.

Obverse

Radiate head of Helios right.

Reverse

Magistrate name above; P / O on either side of rose with bud to right; below to left, aphlaston; all within shallow square incuse.

Script: Greek

Lettering:
ΑΓΕΜAXΟΣ
P O

Translation:
Agemakhos
Rhodes

Mint

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

Comments

"Plinthophoric" issue. See this article explaining the series https://www.cngcoins.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=417

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Picture 1 of a sold Drachm - Agemakhos
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Electronic Auction 530
Lot 250
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4 Jan 2023 VF USD 300.00
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