Moesia, Istros; AR Drachm; male heads inverted/eagle on dolphin
160,00 €
Description
Moesia, Istros, 4th century BC. AR Drachm. Two young male heads inverted / ΙΣΤΡΙΗ; sea-eagle standing on dolphin left and attacking it with its beak.
Specifications
| Diameter [mm]: | AR17 |
| Weight [g]: | 5,74 |
| Grade: | VF/aVF |
| Attribution: | BMC 13 |
| Commentary: | sharp details, minute green deposits on obverse, reverse slightly off-center, ethnic very flat |
Historical Context
Wiliam C. Saslaw and Paul Murdin of the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge suggest that the unusual, inverted and anti-parallel heads actually symbolize the sun god Apollo and relates to the nearly total eclipse of the sun, visible in Istros in 434 BC.
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