bgr_715698 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Bithynie, Kios
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Jolie proue au revers. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : KIA SOUS LE BUSTE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs.
Obverse legend : (KIANWN).
Obverse translation : (de Cios).
Reverse
Reverse description : Proue de galère à gauche décorée, timbrée d’une étoile.
Reverse legend : A-QENO/DWROS.
Reverse translation : (Athénodore).
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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