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Didrachm (Main View)

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The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Obverse: Winged head of Medusa with tie below chin, facing to the right in three-quarters view, countermarked with a winged bust of Nike. Reverse: At the center, a rose with an eight-pointed star on the left and a bud to the right within a border of dots. Above the rose, in Greek: ΓΟ[ΡΓ]ΟΣ ["Gorgos", after a Rhodian magistrate who minted coins in the end of the 3rd century B.C. to the beginning of the 2nd century B.C.] Flanking the rose, in Greek: Ρ; Ο ["R, O" for Rhodes.] Large die flaw evident on reverse.

Part of a Rhodian-type coin issue that may have been struck in Gortyna on Crete during the Cretan War (205-200 B.C.)

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  • Title: Didrachm (Main View)
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 3rd century B.C.
  • Location Created: Rhodes, Greece
  • Type: Coin
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Silver
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 75.NH.109.2
  • Culture: Greek
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection, Malibu, California, Gift of Seymour Weintraub
  • Creator Display Name: Unknown
  • Classification: Coins (Money)
The J. Paul Getty Museum

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