Description: Black Sea Region, uncertain mint, 2nd - 1st century BC. Jugate heads of the Dioscuri right / [...]ΛIA-ΔΩ[...]; cornucopia between pilei of the Dioscuri.

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 3,42 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: cf. CNG 84, Lot 516

Commentary: rare; off-center, dark patina with some patina breaks

History: Dioscuri (or Gemini) were twin brothers Castor and Pollux, Castor being the son of Zeus (and thus immortal) and Castor the son of Tyndareos, the king of Sparta.

Article Number: 006-08-06-41652