Drachm

Aversbeschreibung	Two male facing heads depicted side by side in high relief, rendered in the archaic Greek artistic tradition: the left head is upright, youthful and beardless with flowing hair adorned with a wreath, while the right head is inverted, bearded with curling locks, likely representing the Dioscuri or river-deity symbolism associated with the city. Both faces are shown full-face (en face), a relatively rare and striking compositional choice in ancient Greek coinage. The flan is slightly irregular, characteristic of hand-struck issues of this period.
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Reversbeschreibung	A sea eagle with wings spread stands to the left, clutching a dolphin horizontally beneath its talons, the dolphin's body arched and rendered in fine detail. The Greek ethnic legend ΙΣΤΡΙΗ arcs across the upper field, identifying the issuing city of Istros. A control letter Γ (gamma) appears in the lower field below the dolphin. The composition reflects Istros's strong maritime identity and its dependence on Black Sea fishing trade, with the eagle-and-dolphin device serving as the city's principal reverse type throughout the 4th century BC.
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Auflage	ND (400 BC - 300 BC)
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