bgr_646742 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Trihemiobole
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Type : Trihemiobole
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kios, Bythinie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,33 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré présentant un joli portrait au droit. Revers à l’usure régulière. 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 : [SWSI]/GENHS
Reverse translation : (Sosigenès).
Commentary
Magistrat : Sosigéhès.
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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