circa 400-300 BCE
Æ 9 mm, 1,10 g
Fig Leaf /
Wheel, K A in opposite spokes
HNO 780 (temporary); SNG Ashmolean 511; SNG Keckman 351; HGC 6, 1395
Kamiros was an ancient city on the island of Rhodes that was for a time independent from the rest of the island. In 400 BCE, the island was joined into one political entity, but bronze coins were likely still minted locally for some time.
The ruins of the city are still visitable and in fair shape and are on three levels. In 226 BCE and again in 142 CE it was destroyed by an earthquake.