Coins from the Istros

Histria (Sinoe) or Istros, an ancient Greek colony on the western shore of the Black Sea (near the modern village of Istria, Romania), was probably the first Greek colony and was founded in 657 - 656 B.C. or sometime between 630 and 620 B.C. by Milesian settlers in a strategic position near the Danube Delta. The ancient Greek name for the lower section of the Danube, Europe's second longest river. In Greek mythology, one of the Potamoi (river gods), descended from the Titans Oceanus and Tethys, associated with the Istros River (modern Danube). The first monetary emissions consisted of cast arrow-heads, later marked with a wheel or inscribed ΙΣΤ. Proper coins were minted from the 5th century: attic standard didrachms with an incuse square reverse and cast small bronzes marked with a wheel. Later the staters suffered several weight reductions, and the incuse technique was discontinued. In parallel, Istros minted silver fractions, and after the silver issues were halted in the Lysimachos era, the city struck gold staters. Later, the city issued autonomous bronze coinage and Roman Provincial coinage.
Wikidata: Q1164460

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Greece (ancient) › Moesia › Istros • Drachm

12 Chalkon = 4 Tetartemorion = 1 Obol • 6 Obols = 1 Drachm • 20 Drachms = 10 Silver stater = 1 Gold stater

Trihemiobol
(450 BC - 350 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.3 g • ⌀ 11 mm
GCV# 1670, N# 47599
Æ13
(450 BC - 400 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 0.89 g • ⌀ 12.0 mm
N# 183111
Æ20
(400 BC - 200 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 4.8 g • ⌀ 20.0 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 41, Rogers# 187, N# 187205
Drachm
(400 BC - 300 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 5.86 g • ⌀ 16 mm
AMNG I-I# 427, SNG BM Black Sea# 230-231, N# 398045
Drachm
(400 BC - 300 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 5.89 g • ⌀ 19.0 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 196, AMNG I-I# 432, HGC 3.2# 1804, N# 185905
Drachm
(400 BC - 350 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 5.5 g • ⌀ 19 mm
AMNG I-I# 216, BMC Greek# 237, N# 180356
Drachm
(400 BC - 350 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 5.09 g • ⌀ 18 mm
AMNG I-I# 405b, N# 183370
Æ13
(350 BC - 300 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.85 g • ⌀ 13 mm
HGC 3.2# 1820, SNG BM Black Sea# 260, N# 199436
Obol
(350 BC - 313 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.8 g
N# 371528
Æ17
(350 BC - 339 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 4.05 g • ⌀ 17.0 mm
HGC 3.2# 1814, SNG Stancomb# 169, N# 191513
Drachm
(340 BC - 313 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 5.9 g • ⌀ 18 mm
HGC 3.2# 1801, AMNG I-I# 434, N# 268112

Greece (ancient) › Moesia › Istros • Drachm

12 Chalkon = 4 Tetartemorion = 1 Obol • 6 Obols = 1 Drachm • 20 Drachms = 10 Silver stater = 1 Gold stater

Hemiobol
(340 BC - 313 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 0.5 g • ⌀ 9 mm
HGC 3.2# 1806, N# 371509
Drachm
(313 BC - 280 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 6.04 g • ⌀ 18 mm
HGC 3.2# 1802, SNG BM Black Sea# 247-249, AMNG I-I# 417, N# 276057

Greece (ancient) › Moesia › Istros • Drachm

12 Chalkon = 4 Tetartemorion = 1 Obol • 6 Obols = 1 Drachm • 20 Drachms = 10 Silver stater = 1 Gold stater

Æ17
(300 BC - 201 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.59 g • ⌀ 17 mm
HGC 3.2# 1813, SNG Stancomb# 202, N# 191514
Æ15
(200 BC - 1 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.54 g • ⌀ 15 mm
AMNG I-I# 470, HGC 3.2# 1819, N# 194489
Æ13
(120 BC - 100 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 1.79 g • ⌀ 13 mm
AMNG I-I# 465, HGC 3.2# 1821, Moush'12# 152, N# 194491

Rome › Roman provinces › Moesia Inferior › Histria • Unspecified currency

Æ25 - Julia Mamaea (ICTPIHNΩN; Istrus)
(222-235)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 12.7 g • ⌀ 25 mm
Varb# 672, AMNG I-I# 520, N# 299757

The Numista referees for coins of this issuer are ArsenEverlast and Tmsconst.

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