bgr_716953 - THRACE - ISTROS Unité

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Type : Unité

Date: c. 300-200 AC.

Mint name / Town : Istros, Thrace

Metal : copper

Diameter : 15 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 3,12 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire centré. Très joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine verte

Catalogue references :

B. traité- - BMC.15 - SB.- - GC.1672

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête barbue et cornue du dieu rivière de l’Ister (Danube) de trois quarts de face à droite.

Reverse

Reverse description : Aigle volant à gauche attaquant un dauphin.

Reverse legend : ISTRI.

Reverse translation : (Ister).

Commentary

Typologie inhabituelle.

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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bgr_716953 - THRACE - ISTROS Unité

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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