Description
Bithynia, Kios, 325 – 300 BC. Head of Mithras right, wearing a laureate tiara / Kantharos with two grape vines, K-I-A around, within wreath of grain.
80,00 €
Bithynia, Kios, 325 – 300 BC. Head of Mithras right, wearing a laureate tiara / Kantharos with two grape vines, K-I-A around, within wreath of grain.
| Diameter [mm]: | AE12 |
| Weight [g]: | 1,34 |
| Grade: | VF/VF |
| Attribution: | SNG von Aulock 7004; Waddington Recueil, pg. 314, 8 |
| Commentary: | rare; black patina, well centered, good details, minute scratches |
Kios was destroyed by Philip V of Macedonia during the Cretan War.