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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Istros| > GB18964
Istros, Thrace, c. 475 - 350 B.C.
|Istros|, |Istros,| |Thrace,| |c.| |475| |-| |350| |B.C.|, The cast wheel types are the first bronze coins of Istros. Evidence supports dating as early as 475 B.C. A recent discovery in the Temple of Aphrodite at Istros might push the date earlier. This type was a progression from earlier cast arrow money, some examples of which bear the same wheel design.
GB18964. Cast AE 13, SNG BM 221, VF, Istros (near Istria, Romania) mint, weight 2.202g, maximum diameter 12.7mm, c. 475 - 350 B.C.; obverse wheel with four spokes; reverse IΣT; SOLD










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