bgr_722744 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 370-240 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kios, Bithynie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 5,71 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Héraklès portant la léontée à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Massue et gorythe.
Reverse legend : KIANWN
Reverse translation : (de Kios).
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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