bgr_668387 - THRACE - KALLATIS Drachme

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Type : Drachme

Date: c. 281-250 AC.

Mint name / Town : Callatis, Thrace

Metal : silver

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 9 h.

Weight : 4,59 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire centré à l’usure importante mais régulière. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

AMNG. 1/196 - HGCS. 3/2-1825 - Cop.176

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.

Reverse

Reverse description : Arc et son goryte, massue et épi de blé sur sa branche, posés horizontalement.

Reverse legend : KALLATIA.

Historical background

THRACE - KALLATIS

(3rd - 1st century BC)

Callatis, located in Lower Moesia, was a colony of Heraclea Pontica, located about forty kilometers from Tomis. Lucullus seized Callatis in 72 BC and put an end to the coinage of the city.

THRACE - KALLATIS Unité XF

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THRACE - KALLATIS Unité XF

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THRACE - KALLATIS Tetrobole XF

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THRACE - KALLATIS Tetrobole AU/XF

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bgr_668387 - THRACE - KALLATIS Drachme

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Reverse

Historical background

THRACE - KALLATIS

(3rd - 1st century BC)

Callatis, located in Lower Moesia, was a colony of Heraclea Pontica, located about forty kilometers from Tomis. Lucullus seized Callatis in 72 BC and put an end to the coinage of the city.

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