bgr_272810 - THRACE - ISTROS Trihemiobole
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Price : 60.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 60.00 €
Type : Trihemiobole
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Istros, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 8,5 mm
Orientation dies : 8 h.
Weight : 0,98 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier à l’usure importante, parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Beaux portraits. Revers de style fin. Patine grise, légèrement granuleuse
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/ q
Reverse translation : (Ister).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Les monnaies divisionnaires sont en fait beaucoup plus rares que les drachmes. Nous sommes bien en présence d’une obole d’étalon éginétique.
Very light weight. Fractional coins are actually much rarer than drachmas. We are indeed in the presence of an obol of the Aeginetic standard.
Very light weight. Fractional coins are actually much rarer than drachmas. We are indeed in the presence of an obol of the Aeginetic standard.
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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