bgr_787424 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme
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Price : 600.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Istros
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré. Revers finement détaillé. Superbes portraits. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés et bleutés
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/ [I]/ AG
Reverse translation : (Ister).
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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