bgr_272811 - THRACE - ISTROS Hemiobole

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Type : Hemiobole

Date: c. 400-350 AC.

Mint name / Town : Istros, Thrace

Metal : silver

Diameter : 8 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 0,45 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale à l’usure très importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine grise granuleuse

Catalogue references :

B. traité1667 var. pl. CCCLII, n° 20 - BMC.- - SB.- - GC.- - Cop.201 - AMNG. 1/- - WSC.-

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.

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_272811 - THRACE - ISTROS Hemiobole

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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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