bgr_919520 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme
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Price : 325.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2024)
Price : 325.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Istros
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,73 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Très joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
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).
Commentary
Au revers, sur notre exemplaire on distingue nettement un iota au-dessus du dauphin et un petit monogramme sous ce dernier constitué d’un alpha et d’un rhô ou d’un pi.
On the reverse, on our example we can clearly see an iota above the dolphin and a small monogram under the latter consisting of an alpha and a rho or a pi
On the reverse, on our example we can clearly see an iota above the dolphin and a small monogram under the latter consisting of an alpha and a rho or a pi
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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