Greek Caria, Isle of Rhodes AR Drachm 88-84 BC -NGC XF

Description: Caria, Isle of Rhodes AR (Silver) Drachm (88-84 BC) - NGC XF - Exceptional Strike! PQ+Exceptional Strike & Portrait! Beautiful Ancient Greek Coin! "Plinthophoric" Series It seems that the Greeks settled on the coast in the dark ages between c.1200 and c.800, where they and the Carians mixed.note According to the Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus (fifth century BCE), the inhabitants of Miletus spoke Greek with a Carian accent.note Herodotus himself is also a good example of the close ties between the Carians and Greeks: his father is called Lyxes, which is the Greek rendering of a good Carian name, Lukhsu. Because of his descent and birth place, Herodotus is one of our most important sources. Caria is, like Greece, a country of mountains and valleys, poor in agricultural and other resources - in comparison with Egypt and Babylonia a backward country. Hilltops were fortified and there were several villages in the valleys, but there were hardly any cities. Because of their disparate country, the Carians were divided; when they learned to read and write, every village used its own version of the Phoenician alphabet. What united the Carians, however, was their religion. One of their ritual centers was Mylasa, where they venerated a male supreme god, called 'the Carian Zeus' by Herodotus. Unlike his Greek colleague, this Zeus was an army god. One of the Carian goddesses was Hecate, who was responsible for road crossings and became notorious in Greece as the source of witchcraft. Herodotus calls her Athena and tells that her priestess got a beard when a disaster was appending.note On mount Latmos near Miletus, the Carians venerated Endymion, who had been the lover of the Moon and had procreated as many children as there are days in the year. Endymion was sleeping eternally, a story that the Greeks told about Zeus' father Kronos. Please Check out Our Web Site : antebellumnumismatics. com where you can see many new purchases and other listings. Please reach out to us if you have any questions about any listings you see. *Combined Shipping Available ON ALL Items, Request an Invoice or we will send you one after one business day. Items over 16 oz. or $800 in value must be shipped Priority Mail. Payment on all items is expected within Five Business Days to ensure a timely delivery. Please contact us directly if you need more than Five Business Days to send payment. ALL Precious Metals tested with our own Sigma Metalytics Precious Metal Tester and guaranteed genuine. We Offer A 30-Day No-Questions-Asked Return Policy on Most* items to all our customers! Please message us if you have any questions about our items and we are happy to answer them, as returns can be an inconvenience to both parties. The only exception is when items are damaged, tampered with, or removed from holders. All Bullion or Silver Sales are final as market conditions are constantly changing. Please check out our other listings! We have auctions almost every week so make sure to follow us! Follow our owner on Instagram as well at... antebellum.numismatics ... to see things we buy and are passionate about. At Antebellum Numismatics LLC we try to offer a wide variety of items including graded and ungraded coins from modern to bust series, paper currency, obsolete and confederate currency, exonumia such as civil war and hard times tokens, world coins such as thalers and numismatic medals, and we are always listing interesting items as well as many rare key dates. And many other interesting items like shipwreck recovered coins and ancient coins. Feedback is crucial to us here on EBAY and we kindly ask you to contact us if there are any unforeseen issues before leaving negative feedback and we will be happy to resolve them with you. We pride ourselves on having outstanding customer service. Shipping is by USPS First Class Mail unless package is Fragile or Over $800. All packages over $800 will be sent priority mail in order to be fully insured. Our Insurance Provider is Ship&Insure Inc. All orders will be filled in one business day and shipped out either same business day or the following. International Shipping is through Ebay's Global Shipping Program by default, which may get expensive in some foreign countries. If items are shipped internationally it is the Buyer's Responsibility to pay any import duties or taxes. Coin grading is subjective and all coins can be interpreted differently, so we try to post very large, up close shots of each item we list. And remember to buy the coin and not the holder! Be sure to take a close look and come up with your own opinion! All ungraded coins we offer are authentic and genuine as we ONLY buy from reputable dealers and shows, if there are any discrepancies, we are happy to address them and always offer our 30-Day return policy to all our buyers. We are a family-owned small business and appreciate your business and feedback.

Price: 275 USD

Location: Harvest, Alabama

End Time: 2024-10-25T00:17:32.000Z

Shipping Cost: 3.95 USD