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bgr_717069 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme

BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme AU
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320.00 €(Approx. 342.40$ | 275.20£)
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 340-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kios, Bithynie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers. Nettoyé. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
BMC.- var. - GC.3757 var. - Aulock-  - B. traité2855  - Cop.  - RG.- p. 312, pl. XLIX - HGCS. 7/554

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).

Commentary

Magistrat : Sosigéhès.

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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