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E-auction 503-413820 - bgr_593597 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme

BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme XF
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 82 €
Maximum bid : 100 €
End of the sale : 05 December 2022 14:02:00
bidders : 8 bidders
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 340-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kios, Bithynie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement décentré au droit. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
BMC.- var. - GC.3757 var. - Aulock-  - B. traité2855  - Cop.  - RG.- p. 312, pl. XLIX - HGCS. 7/554

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.

Reverse


Reverse description : Proue de galère à gauche décorée, timbrée d’une étoile.
Reverse legend : POSEI/DWNIOS
Reverse translation : (Poseidonios).

Commentary


Magistrat : Sosigéhès.

Historical background


BITHYNIA - KIOS

(4th century BC)

Kios was a rich commercial city at the entrance to the Propontis, founded according to legend by the Argonauts. Coinage would not begin before the second half of the 4th century BC. It was part of the Kingdom of Thrace under Lysimachus. The city was destroyed by Philip V of Macedon in 202 BC..

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