bgr_547975 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme

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Type : Drachme

Date: c. 400-350 AC.

Mint name / Town : Istros, Thrace

Metal : silver

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 5,60 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie idéalement centré au revers mais légèrement décentré au droit. Joli revers, agréable. Traces de circulation plus importantes au droit. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

B. traité1664 - BMC.- - SB.- - GC.1669 - Cop.193 - AMNG. 1/429 et 435 - WSC.145

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/ A.

Reverse translation : (Ister).

Historical background

Thrace - ISTROS

(Fourth century BC)

Istros, Milesian colony, located equidistant from Callatis and mouths of the Danube, is in Lower Moesia. The Greek name was given 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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bgr_547975 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme

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Historical background

Thrace - ISTROS

(Fourth century BC)

Istros, Milesian colony, located equidistant from Callatis and mouths of the Danube, is in Lower Moesia. The Greek name was given 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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