bgr_494531 - THRACE - ISTROS Hemiobole

230.00 €(Approx. 255.30$ | 209.30£)

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Type : Hemiobole

Date: c. 400-350 AC.

Mint name / Town : Istros, Thrace

Metal : silver

Diameter : 9 mm

Orientation dies : 8 h.

Weight : 0,47 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Belles têtes au droit. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine de collection ancienne

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/ U.

Reverse translation : (Ister).

Commentary

Les monnaies divisionnaires sont en fait beaucoup plus rares que les drachmes, en particulier l’hémiobole.

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).

THRACE - ISTROS Drachme XF

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THRACE - ISTROS Drachme AU

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THRACE - ISTROS Trihemiobole AU

450.00 €

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THRACE - ISTROS Hemiobole VF

60.00 €

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THRACE - ISTROS Trihemiobole AU

550.00 €

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THRACE - ISTROS Drachme XF

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bgr_494531 - THRACE - ISTROS Hemiobole

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Reverse

Commentary

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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