Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4464 SESSION 11 (2PM FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $150
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SOLD $100
THRACE, Istros, (late 5th century B.C.), denomination set of cast AE wheel coins (or solar disc), AE 16, 15, 12, copper, (2.80, 1.37, 0.92 g), obv. wheel or solar disc, rev. **IST*, (S.-, SNG BMC 220, 221-222, 223-224). Very fine and very rare. (3)
Ex La Galeria Numismatique, Lausanne, Switzerland, January 14, 2006.
The Western Black Sea coast had several important centres on trade and consequently a few coin types of pre-monetary items were introduced including 'dolphins', 'arrowheads' and 'wheel coins' all were cast in copper. Originally most were thought to be from Olbia but more recent hoard evidence indicates that they were mostly produced in Istros or Apollonia. These 'wheel coins' above were produced in Istros (from the ethnic on the reverse). A century or so later they were replaced by struck coins with different motifs.
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