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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Istros| > SH27175
Istros, Thrace, c. 340 - 313 B.C.
|Istros|, |Istros,| |Thrace,| |c.| |340| |-| |313| |B.C.|, The obverse type has been variously interpreted as representing the Dioscuri, the rising and setting sun, and the two branches of the river Danube. - Greek Coins and Their Values by David Sear
SH27175. Silver drachm, Dima subgroup II, 7, pl. V, 3 - 4 (R); SNG Stancomb 138 var. (right head inverted); AMNG I -; SNG BM -, gVF, Istros (near Istria, Romania) mint, weight 4.854g, maximum diameter 19.7mm, c. 340/330 - 313 B.C.; obverse two facing male heads, left head inverted; reverse IΣTPIH, sea-eagle grasping a dolphin with talons; rare without control letters or monograms on reverse; SOLD










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