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bgr_453267 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Demi-sicle

BITHYNIA - KIOS Demi-sicle XF
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Demi-sicle
Date: c. 340-330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kios, Bithynie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,33 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan un peu court au droit à l’usure régulière. Belle tête d’Apollon. Proue de galère bien venue au revers. Patine grise, légèrement granuleuse. A été nettoyée anciennement
Catalogue references :
BMC.3  - GC.3757 var. - Aulock-  - B. traité  - Cop.  - RG.3 p. 312 - HGCS. 7/553
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Savoca et de la collection Laurent F

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Obverse legend : KIA

Reverse


Reverse description : Proue de galère à gauche décorée, timbrée d’une étoile.
Reverse legend : KTH//SWN
Reverse translation : (Ctéson)).

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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