v09_0027 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme

MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 274.41 €
Realised price : 327.16 €

Type : Drachme

Date: c. 400-350 AC.

Mint name / Town : Thrace, Istros

Metal : silver

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 5,77 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Beaux portraits. Flan large et complet. Usure régulière / Revers pratiquement complet

Catalogue references :

B. traité1664 var. - BMC.11 var. - SB.2506 var. (= coll. Pozzi 1138) - GC.1669 var

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Deux têtes masculines et imberbes opposées.

Reverse

Reverse description : Aigle volant à gauche attaquant un dauphin.

Reverse legend : [I]STRIH/ Q/ S

Reverse translation : (Ister).

Commentary

Poids léger. Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié. Manque aux principaux ouvrages de référence.

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).

THRACE - ISTROS Unité XF

100.00 €

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THRACE - ISTROS Trihemiobole AU/XF

260.00 €

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THRACE - ISTROS Hemiobole AU/AU

260.00 €

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THRACE - ISTROS Monnaie coulée XF

100.00 €

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THRACE - ISTROS Drachme XF

280.00 €

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THRACE - ISTROS Hemiobole AU

300.00 €

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v09_0027 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

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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