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bgr_730794 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Unité

BITHYNIA - KIOS Unité AU
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220.00 €(Approx. 235.40$ | 189.20£)
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 330-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kios, Bithynie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 10,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,29 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Très joli revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
BMC.-  - GC.-  - Aulock7004  - B. traité-  - Cop.382  - RG.-  - HGCS. 7/559

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Mithra (?) à droite.

Reverse

Reverse description : Canthare duquel s’échappe deux grappes.
Reverse legend : K-I.
Reverse translation : (de Kios).

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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