bgr_1034763 - 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 : 12 h.
Weight : 2,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait d’Apollon. Usure plus marquée au revers. 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 : 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).
Magistrate: Miletos. For this magistrate, we have two presentations for the ordering of the name (MILH/TOS or MI/LHTOS)
Magistrate: Miletos. For this magistrate, we have two presentations for the ordering of the name (MILH/TOS or 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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