bgr_838375 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme

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Type : Hemidrachme

Date: c. 321-300 AC.

Mint name / Town : Bithynie, Kios

Metal : silver

Diameter : 13 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 2,39 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait d’Apollon, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

BMC.7 var. - GC.3757 var. - Aulock- - B. traité2855 pl. CLXXX/13 - Cop.370 -372 - RG.- p. 312

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 : MILH/TOS.

Reverse translation : (Milet).

Commentary

Magistrat : Milétos. Pour ce magistrat, nous avons deux présentations pour l’ordonnancement du nom (MILH/TOS ou MI/LHTOS).

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_838375 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Hemidrachme

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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