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bgr_838375 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme

BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme XF
130.00 €(Approx. 141.70$ | 109.20£)
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 321-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Bithynie, Kios
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,39 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait d’Apollon, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

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 : MILH/TOS.
Reverse translation : (Milet).

Commentary


Magistrat : Milétos. Pour ce magistrat, nous avons deux présentations pour l’ordonnancement du nom (MILH/TOS ou MI/LHTOS).

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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