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bgr_777030 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme

BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme XF/AU
250.00 €(Approx. 272.50$ | 210.00£)
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kios, Bythinie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers, finement détaillé. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : KIA.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs.
Obverse translation : (Kianon, de Cios).

Reverse


Reverse description : Proue de galère à gauche.
Reverse legend : PROX/ENOS.
Reverse translation : (Proxenos).

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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