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bgr_845160 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Trihemiobole

BITHYNIA - KIOS Trihemiobole XF
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180.00 €(Approx. 192.60$ | 153.00£)
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Type : Trihemiobole
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kios, Bythinie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,01 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli portrait d’Apollon. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
BMC.-  - GC.3758  - RG.4 pl. XLIX/24 - HGCS. 5/554

Obverse

Obverse legend : KIA.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs.
Obverse translation : (Kianon, de Kios).

Reverse

Reverse description : Proue de galère à gauche.
Reverse legend : PROX/ENOS.
Reverse translation : (Proxenos).

Commentary

Pour le trihemiobole, il y a sept magistrats monétaires dont Proxénos.

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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