bgr_881784 - THRACE - ISTROS Hemiobole
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Type : Hemiobole
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Istros, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 8,5 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 0,54 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Superbe revers, finement détaillé. Patine grise
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/ U.
Reverse translation : (Ister).
Commentary
Les monnaies divisionnaires sont en fait beaucoup plus rares que les drachmes, en particulier l’hémiobole.
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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