bgr_890736 - THRACE - KALLATIS Tetrobole
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Type : Tetrobole
Date: c. 281-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Callatis, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,65 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers. Fine usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Arc et son goryte, massue et épi de blé sur sa branche, posés horizontalement.
Reverse legend : KALLA.
Historical background
THRACE - KALLATIS
(3rd - 1st century BC)
Callatis, located in Lower Moesia, was a colony of Heraclea Pontica, located about forty kilometers from Tomis. Lucullus seized Callatis in 72 BC and put an end to the coinage of the city.
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