Description: Thrace, Byzantion, 178 AD. Magistrate: Ai(lios) Pontikos Her(os). ΒΥZΑΣ; helmeted head of Byzas right / ΕΠ ΑΙ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΟΥ ΗΡ; galley with rowers, traverse standard on prow, two standards on stern.

Diameter: AE23 mm

Weight: 6,6 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: Schönert-Geiss 2063 and 2068; BMC 58; SNG Cop 508

Commentary: green patina, some breaks, light deposits, well centered

History: Byzas, the son of king Nisos of Megara, was the legendary founder of Byzantion, founding the city on the site according to the instruction of the oracle of Delphi.

Article Number: 024-06-03-41652