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bgr_693541 - THRACE - ISTROS Drachme

THRACE - ISTROS Drachme XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Istros
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 5,92 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée des deux côtés à l’usure régulière. Joli 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/ [I]/ AG.
Reverse translation : (Ister).

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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