bgr_546590 - THRACE - KALLATIS Tetrobole

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Price : 220.00 €

Type : Tetrobole

Date: c. 281-250 AC.

Mint name / Town : Callatis, Thrace

Metal : silver

Diameter : 15 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,41 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan court et bien centré. Beau portrait d’Héraklès ainsi qu’un joli revers, bien lisible, à l’usure régulière. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

AMNG. 1/204 - WSC.64 var. - BMC.2 - GC.1660 140£) - HGCS. 3/2-1826

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection S. Pozzi et de la vente Leu Numismatik web-auction 7, lot n° 98

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 : KALLA.

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 Drachme VF

120.00 €

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THRACE - KALLATIS Tetrobole XF

169.00 €

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THRACE - KALLATIS Unité XF

140.00 €

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THRACE - KALLATIS Tetrobole AU/XF

260.00 €

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THRACE - KALLATIS Unité XF

100.00 €

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bgr_546590 - THRACE - KALLATIS Tetrobole

Obverse

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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