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Live auction - bgr_456231 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Demi-sicle

BITHYNIA - KIOS Demi-sicle AU/XF
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Estimate : 175 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 31 October 2017 14:19:04
Type : Demi-sicle
Date: c. 340-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kios, Bithynie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,27 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Apollon. Joli revers avec une faiblesse de frappe sur la légende. Argent légèrement corné et une patine grise superficielle et des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Hubert Lanz (Münich)

Obverse


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

Reverse


Reverse description : Proue de galère à gauche décorée, timbrée d’une étoile.
Reverse legend : [POSEID/WNIOS].
Reverse translation : (Poseidonios).

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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