bgr_605340 - THRACE - ISTROS Hemiobole

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250.00 €(Approx. 302.50$ | 222.50£)

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Type : Hemiobole

Date: c. 400-350 AC.

Mint name / Town : Istros, Thrace

Metal : silver

Diameter : 7,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 0,53 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée des deux côtés. Belles têtes de haut relief. Revers à l’usure régulière. Patine grise

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/ (D).

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 AU

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THRACE - ISTROS Drachme VF/XF

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THRACE - ISTROS Hemiobole XF

200.00 €

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THRACE - ISTROS Drachme XF

380.00 €

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THRACE - ISTROS Hemiobole XF

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THRACE - ISTROS Trihemiobole AU

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bgr_605340 - 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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