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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Istros| > GS86905
Istros, Thrace, c. 280 - 255 B.C.
|Istros|, |Istros,| |Thrace,| |c.| |280| |-| |255| |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
GS86905. Silver drachm, Dima subgroup VI, 1, pl. XIX, 5 (same obv. die); SNG BM 256; AMNG I/I 425 var. (l. head inverted); SNG Stancomb 148 var. (same); SNG Cop -; BMC -, VF, obverse die wear, bumps and marks, edge crack, Istros (near Istria, Romania) mint, weight 5.744g, maximum diameter 17.5mm, die axis 90o, c. 280 - 256/255 B.C.; obverse two facing male heads, right head inverted; reverse IΣTPIH, sea-eagle grasping a dolphin with talons, ΦY (control) below; SOLD











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