280 BC - 200 BC

Bisanthe   Thracia
Βισάνθη   Θράκη


 AE 11
SHH 2429

2429 Bisanthe Thracia AE

Parameter

Obverse
Reverse
Notes

Reference

Acquired
Donated
0.89 g   10.8-11.7 mm   1.0 eqmm   2:00 o'clock   F   centering -/-
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = obv. 2.9; rev. 3.0 MS/m
Laureate head of
Dionysus right.
Kotyle; ΒΙ / Σ (in exergue) / Α / Ν anticlockwise around
The Kotyle on the reverce would suggest stricking during the reign of the Odrysian kings Hebrizelmis, Kotys I or Kersobleptis (?).
BMC --- ; Copenhagen ---; Evelpidis I ---; Lindgren I & III ---; Milano VI/3 106 (3rd c. BC);
Moushmov 3199 (ca. 280 BC); Scönert-Geiss 58; Sear Greek ---; Topalov 2000 p.46
29.01.2007
Griechisches Münzwerk, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 12.2020