Issuer | Dioskourias (Kolchis) |
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Type | Standard circulation coin |
Years | 105 BC - 90 BC |
Value | Chalkon (1⁄48) |
Currency | Drachm |
Composition | Bronze |
Weight | 4.6 g |
Diameter | 15 mm |
Shape | Round (irregular) |
Technique | Hammered |
Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
Demonetized | Yes |
Number | N# 104520 |
References |
GCV# 3629,
David R. Sear; 2004. Greek Coins and Their Values / Volume 1. Europe. Seaby, London, United Kingdom.
SNG BM Black Sea# 1021, And 1 more volumes.
Martin Jessop Price; 1993. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (Great Britain) / Volume 9.1. The British Museum. Part 1 : The Black Sea. British Museum Press, London, United Kingdom.
SNG Stancomb# 638
William Stancomb, Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Peter Bagwell Purefoy, Andrew M. Meadows, Andrew M. Burnett; 2000. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain / Volume 11. The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea region. Oxford University Press, Oxford, England.
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Helmets (which evolved from bronze piloi) belonging to the twin brothers Dioskuri (Kastor and Polydeuces) with either 6 or 8-pointed stars above each.
Greek lettering from left and right of thyrsos (In Greek religion, the thyrsos staff was carried by the votaries of Dionysus.)
Script: Greek
Lettering:
ΔΙ ΟΣ
ΚΟΥ ΡΙΑ
Δ ΟΣ
Translation: Dioskourias
© David Mikeladze
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Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||||||
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ND (105 BC - 90 BC) | 68% | 6-pointed star above helmets. | ||||||||||||
ND (105 BC - 90 BC) | 27% | 8-pointed stars above helmets . |
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