bgr_272809 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 400-350 AC
Mint name / Town : Thrace, Istros
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,51 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan lbien centré des deux côtés. Très beaux portraits au droit. Joli revers à l’usure superficielle. Belle patine grise superficielle
Catalogue references :
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/ K/ T
Reverse translation : (Ister).
Commentary
Combinaison de lettres inhabituelles (K et T).
Unusual letter combination (K and T)
Unusual letter combination (K and T)
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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