bgr_228846 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 110.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 110.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kios, Bythinie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,23 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Jolie proue de navire. Patine de collection ancienne
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).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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