bgr_768006 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme
125.00 €(Approx. 142.50$ | 106.25£)
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Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 340-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kios, Bithynie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 2,33 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Portrait agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : KIA.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Obverse translation : (Kianon, de Cios).
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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