bgr_285828 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Trihemiobole

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Price : 280.00 €

Type : Trihemiobole

Date: c. 350-300 AC.

Mint name / Town : Kios, Bythinie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 10 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,30 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait d’Apollon. Jolie proue de navire. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

BMC.- - GC.3758 - RG.4 pl. XLIX/24 - HGCS. 5/554

Obverse

Obverse legend : KIA.

Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs.

Obverse translation : (Kianon, de Cios).

Reverse

Reverse description : Proue de galère à gauche.

Reverse legend : PROX/ENOS.

Reverse translation : (Proxenos).

Commentary

Pour le trihemiobole, il y a sept magistrats monétaires dont Proxénos.

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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bgr_285828 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Trihemiobole

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

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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