bgr_420108 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 480.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 480.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 420-340 AC.
Mint name / Town : Istros, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,66 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier bien centré. Très joli droit. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Deux têtes masculines et imberbes opposées.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle à gauche attaquant un dauphin.
Reverse legend : [IS]TRIH/ (DI).
Reverse translation : (Ister).
Commentary
Poids léger. Portraits de joli style.
Historical background
THRACE - ISTROS
(4th - 2nd century BC)
Istros, a Milesian colony, located equidistant from Callatis and the mouths of the Danube, is in Lower Moesia. The Greek name gave its Latin name to the Danube (Danuvius). The two juvenile heads, comparable to the Dioscuri (Gemini), represent the mouths of the Danube (Ister).
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