v57_0048 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme
MONNAIES 57 (2013)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 310.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 350.00 €
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 310.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 350.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Istros, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 5,56 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, centré des deux côtés, mais court sur la légende au revers. Très beaux portraits de style fin. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Deux têtes masculines et imberbes opposées.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle à gauche attaquant un dauphin.
Reverse legend : ISTR[IH]/ (DI)
Reverse translation : (Ister).
Commentary
Poids léger. Portraits de joli style.
Lightweight. Beautifully styled portraits.
Lightweight. Beautifully styled portraits.
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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