Live auction - bgr_403658 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | 350 € |
| Maximum bid : | 350 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 September 2016 14:03:29 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Istros, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 5,57 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Belles têtes. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Savoca et de la collection Laurent F
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Deux têtes masculines et imberbes opposées.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle volant à gauche attaquant un dauphin.
Reverse legend : ISTRIH/ H/ D
Reverse translation : (Ister).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
THRACE - ISTROS
(4th - 2nd century BC)
Istros, a Milesian colony, located equidistant from Callatis and the mouths of the Danube, is in Lower Moesia. The Greek name gave its Latin name to the Danube (Danuvius). The two juvenile heads, comparable to the Dioscuri (Gemini), represent the mouths of the Danube (Ister).
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