bgr_756066 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme
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Price : 280.00 €
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Price : 280.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Istros, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 5,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Jolis portraits. Usure plus importante au revers. 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/ A
Reverse translation : (Ister).
Commentary
Style des bustes opposés très particulier sur cet exemplaire, très grec comme sur les exemplaires de la collection Stancomb (WSC. 144-145).
Very particular style of opposing busts on this example, very Greek as on the examples in the Stancomb collection (WSC. 144-145)
Very particular style of opposing busts on this example, very Greek as on the examples in the Stancomb collection (WSC. 144-145)
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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