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Type : Unité
Date: c. 70-50 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kios, Bithynie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 8,78 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli revers. Usure plus marquée au droit. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue d’Héraklès à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Massue et carquois.
Reverse legend : PROUSIEWN/TWN PROS/QALASSHI
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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