Description: Tharce, Byzantion, Diadumenian (217 - 218 AD). ΔIAΔOYMENIANOC K; bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right / BYZANTIΩN; crescent upwards, one star within.

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 3,62 g

Grade: gF/aVF

Attribution: Varbanov 1852

Commentary: very rare; dark grey-brown patina with some traces of green patina on obverse

History: Crescent and star was the royal emblem of Mithradates VI but also became associated with Byzantion sometime during the 1st century BC.

Article Number: 041-02-02-44710