Circa 84-30 B.C. Greek Rhodes Silver Helios Drachm NGC MS Surface 3/5 Strike 4/5

Very Rare Greek Rhodes Silver Drachm — Less Than 30 Known

• ANCIENT HISTORY YOU CAN HOLD IN YOUR HANDS – Each coin is more than 2,000 years old and hails from Rhodes, the largest island in the Greek Dodecanese group located in the southeastern Aegean Sea. The island was a cultural center and famous for the Colossus of Rhodes statue, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
• VERY RARE ANCIENT COIN – Less than 30 of these coins are known to exist.
• BEAUTIFUL DESIGN – This coin has a beautiful design with a deep relief design of Helios, the Greek sun god, on the obverse and amazing depiction of the “Rose of Rhodes” on the reverse.
• EACH COIN STRUCK BY HAND – Your Greek Rhodes Silver Helios Drachm was carefully struck by ancient artisans more than two millennia ago. Because of this, no two coins are exactly alike!
• NICE COLLECTOR GRADE CONDITION – Each coin has been certified and graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as being in Mint State (MS) condition with a phenomenal Strike 3/5 and Surface 4/5.

In the days of Ancient Greece, an object with a name similar to that of a city frequently became its official symbol. So it was that the coins struck in the island city of Rhodes frequently depicted a rose on its reverse.

The Sun and the Rose

This silver drachma, struck sometime between 84 and 30, B.C., is one such coin, pairing its rose reverse with an obverse featuring Helios, the Greek sun god and the god of Rhodes. Fewer than 30 are known to exist, and we’ve secured this one graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as being in Mint State (MS) condition with a Surface 3/5, and a Strike 4/5. It also has a “Brushed” notation due to evidence of cleaning found under magnification. What’s more, less than 30 of these coins are known to exist, making it one of the rarest coins in the world!

The Colossus of Rhodes

Hundreds of years prior this island, located off the coast of what is now Turkey, greeted visitors with an enormous 90-foot-tall statue of Helios, which straddled the passage by which incoming ships would travel. This “Colossus of Rhodes” fell decades later due to an earthquake, but its fame has solidified its status as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

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