v09_0027 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 274.41 €
Realised price : 327.16 €
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 :
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).
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