v25_0048 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 325.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 376.00 €
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 325.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 376.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Istros
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 5,97 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré sur un flan légèrement ovale. Portraits magnifiques. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
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
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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