bgr_874731 - BITHYNIA - KIOS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 330-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kios, Bithynie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,91 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Mithra à droite portant le bonnet phrygien.
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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