Didrachm

Features

Issuer	Ios (Cyclades)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	325 BC - 300 BC
Value	Didrachm (2)
Currency	Drachm
Composition	Srebro
Weight	6.20 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique	Młotkowana
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 452081
References	Kraay&Hirm# 535 Colin Mackennal Kraay, Max Hirmer; 1966. Greek Coins. Thames & Hudson, London, United Kingdom. , Regling Kunstwerk# 786 Kurt Regling; 1924. Die antike Münze als Kunstwerk = The ancient coin as a work of art. Berlin, Germany.

Obverse

(en) Bearded head of Homer to right, wearing a simple taenia.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΟΜΗΡΟΥ

Reverse

(en) ΙΗΤΩΝ within a laurel wreath tied at the bottom.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΙΗΤΩΝ

Mint

Ios, Cyclades, modern-day Island of Ios, Greece

Comments

(en)

Richter, PG, fig. 121; Sheedy, Ios and Syros, Touratsoglou Studies, fig. 1, 1.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (325 BC - 300 BC)

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