Live auction - bgr_908924 - SARMATIA - OLBIA Unité
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| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | 40 € |
| Maximum bid : | 50 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 April 2024 14:20:05 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Unité
Date: c. 300-200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Istros, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 4,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli portrait de Déméter. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Déméter à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle volant à droite attaquant un dauphin.
Reverse legend : OLBIO/ ISTR.
Reverse translation : (Olbia).
Historical background
SARMATIA - OLBIA
(6th - 5th century BC)
Olbia as Istros (Istrus) was a Milesian colony, located not far from Borysthenes and Hypanis on Pontus Euxin, equidistant from Tyra and Panticapaeum on the Chersonese of Thrace. Its prosperity came from its strategic geographical position between the Scythian tribes and Pont-Euxin. It experienced its greatest economic expansion in the Hellenistic period. It was finally taken by the barbarians in the 3rd century AD.
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