v41_0091 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 100.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 138.00 €
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 100.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 138.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Istros
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 5,66 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Beaux portraits. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
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 : [I]STRIH/ (DI)
Reverse translation : (Ister).
Commentary
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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