bgr_693539 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme
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Price : 450.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Istros, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 5,76 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Aymé Cornu
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/ FU
Reverse translation : (Ister).
Commentary
Nous sommes bien en présence d’une drachme d’étalon persique alors que l’exemplaire décrit dans la collection Stancomb (WSC. n° 148) est d’étalon éginétique.
We are indeed in the presence of a drachma of a Persian standard while the example described in the Stancomb collection (WSC. no. 148) is of an Aeginetian standard.
We are indeed in the presence of a drachma of a Persian standard while the example described in the Stancomb collection (WSC. no. 148) is of an Aeginetian standard.
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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