bgr_681906 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme
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Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2022)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 340-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kios, Bithynie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,33 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli portrait d’Apollon. Revers à l’usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse description : Proue de galère à gauche décorée, timbrée d’une étoile.
Reverse legend : POSEI/DWNIOS.
Reverse translation : (Poseidonios).
Historical background
BITHYNIA - KIOS
(4th century BC)
Kios was a rich commercial city at the entrance to the Propontis, founded according to legend by the Argonauts. Coinage would not begin before the second half of the 4th century BC. It was part of the Kingdom of Thrace under Lysimachus. The city was destroyed by Philip V of Macedon in 202 BC..
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