bgr_946219 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme

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Type : Drachme

Date: c. 400-350 AC.

Mint name / Town : Istros

Metal : silver

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 5,12 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Très beaux portraits ainsi qu’un revers finement détaillé. Patine grise avec des reflets bleutés et dorés

Catalogue references :

B. traité1664 - BMC.- - SB.- - GC.1669 var. - Cop.- - AMNG. 1/429 et 435 - WSC.147

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Deux têtes masculines et imberbes opposées.

Reverse

Reverse description : Aigle volant à gauche attaquant un dauphin.

Reverse legend : ISTRIH/ [I]/ AG

Reverse translation : (Ister).

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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bgr_946219 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme

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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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