CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
- Emperor:
- stuck under Anaxidotos, magistrate
- Denomination:
- AR Drachm
- Composition:
- Silver
- Date:
- circa 188-167 BC
- Obverse:
- Radiate head of Helios right
- Reverse:
- ΑΝΑΞΙΔΟΤΟΣ, Rose with bud; stem to right; serpent entwined around omphalos to left; to left and right, P-O; all within shallo incuse square;
- Reference:
- SNG Berry 1129 (this coin, illustrated); Jenkins Rhodian, Group B, 30; SNG Copenhagen 809-810; BMC Caria p. 253, 247-248; HGC 6, 1457; SGCV I 5063; SNG Keckman -
- Size:
- 16.45mm, 3.0g, 12h
- Province:
- Rhodes
- Grade:
- aEF, well centred, slight flan crack on reverse at 12h, old cabinet tone
- Pedigreed:
- Provenance:
- Pedigreed: Illustrated in SNG Berry; from the Burton Y Berry Collection; ex Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 114, Part II (7 May 2019), Lot 1204; ex Gemni LLC Auction XI (12 January 2014), Lot 179
- Information:
- Plate coin in SNG Berry
In antiquity, Rhodes was a city on the island of Rhodes, known for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
I, Peter A. Piliouras of Ancient Coin Traders irrevocably guarantee for life to the Purchaser that this ancient coin is authentic. If this coin is deemed not to be authentic by a professional certification service, then I will refund to the Purchaser the full cost of acquiring the coin (including shipping) together with the certification fees.
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Signed: Peter Anthony Piliouras
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