bgr_783788 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme
Quantity
Add to your cart
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 340-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kios, Bithynie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,17 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Portrait agréable. 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).
Commentary
Magistrat : Sosigéhès.
Magistrate: Sosigehès
Magistrate: Sosigehès
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..
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sell
Full data
Your Recently Viewed Items
5 Piastres FRENCH INDOCHINA 1936 P.055b UNC
360.00 €
50 Francs CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 2013 P.097A UNC
3.00 €
GALLIA BELGICA - REMI (Area of Reims) Quart de statère “aux segments de cercl
310.00 €
MACEDONIA - AMPHIPOLIS Tétradrachme stéphanophore XF
867.00 €
MYSIA – KYZIKOS / CYZICUS Hemiobole AU
90.00 €
BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme XF
200.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
