v16_0021 - THRACE - ISTROS Statère

MONNAIES 16 (2002)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 224.00 €
Number of bids : 13
Maximum bid : 250.00 €

Type : Statère

Date: c. 400-350 AC.

Mint name / Town : Thrace, Istros

Metal : silver

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 5,63 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Beaux portraits. Flan large et complet. Usure régulière. Revers complet. A été légèrement nettoyé

Catalogue references :

B. traité1664 cf. pl. 352, n° 14 et 15 - BMC.3 - SB.- - GC.1669 var - Cop.195

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient du stock Spink (Londres)

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/ DI.

Reverse translation : (Ister).

Commentary

Sur cet exemplaire le iota du monogramme n’est pratiquement pas visible et ne laisse apparaître que le delta.

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).

THRACE - ISTROS Drachme AU

350.00 €

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THRACE - ISTROS Drachme AU

380.00 €

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THRACE - ISTROS Drachme XF

280.00 €

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THRACE - ISTROS Monnaie coulée XF

100.00 €

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THRACE - ISTROS Drachme AU

420.00 €

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THRACE - ISTROS Drachme AU/MS

700.00 €

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v16_0021 - THRACE - ISTROS Statère

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

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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