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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Thrace & Moesia| > |Istros| > GS92970
Istros, Thrace, c. 313 - 280 B.C.
|Istros|, |Istros,| |Thrace,| |c.| |313| |-| |280| |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
GS92970. Silver stater, Dima subgroup IV, 4, pl. XI, 5 ff.; AMNG I 417; SNG Stancomb 147; SNG BM 247; BMC Thrace p. 25, 6, VF, attractive style, light iridescent toning, flow lines, light bumps and marks, small scrape on rev., rev. slightly off center, Istros (near Istria, Romania) mint, weight 5.469g, maximum diameter 20.2mm, c. 313 - 280 B.C.; obverse two facing male heads, left head inverted; reverse IΣTPIH, sea-eagle left grasping a dolphin left with talons, no pellets below eagle, AΓ (control) monogram below dolphin; SOLD











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