bgr_872929 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme
280.00 €(Approx. 291.20$ | 232.40£)
Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Istros
Metal : silver
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,84 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, légèrement décentrée au revers. Jolies têtes. Usure légèrement plus marquée au revers. Patine grise
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]/ 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).
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sell
Full data
cgbfr.com numismatists
