bgr_806795 - THRACE - ISTROS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 300-200 AC.
Mint name / Town : Istros, Thrace
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 1,74 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle volant à gauche attaquant un dauphin.
Reverse legend : ISTRIH
Reverse translation : (Ister).
Commentary
Typologie inhabituelle.
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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