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Diobol

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Features

Issuer Rhodes
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 205 BC - 190 BC
Value Diobol (⅓)
Currency Rhodian plintophoric drachm
Composition Silver
Weight 1.6 g
Diameter 12 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
537952
References HGC 6# 1454
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.
, Ashton# 307
Richard Ashton; 2001. “The Coinage of Rhodes 408-c.190 BC”, Money and its uses in the ancient Greek world, pages 79-115.

Obverse

Head of Helios, facing.

Reverse

Ρ / Ο on either side of a rose bud.

Script: Greek

Lettering: P O

Mint

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

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (205 BC - 190 BC) 

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