bgr_894368 - CARIA - ISLANDS OF CARIA - COS Drachme
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 337-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cos
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,83 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue d'Héraklès à droite coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Crabe vu de face au-dessus d’une massue posée horizontalement.
Reverse legend : KWI// ARXIDAMOS.
Reverse translation : (de Cos/ Arxidamos).
Historical background
CARIA - ISLANDS OF CARIA - COS
(3rd - 2nd century BC)
The island of Cos, after 300 BC, found itself under lagid protection and was an important stopover for Egyptian trade. However, it must have entered the Seleucid orbit during the 2nd century. After 190 BC, she abandoned the Rhodian standard for the Attic standard. Like the other cities of Asia Minor, it had a very important civic coinage in the name and type of Alexander, at least until 166 BC..
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