Tetradrachm

Emissor Rhegion
Ano 425 BC - 420 BC
Tipo Standard circulation coin
Valor Tetradrachm (4)
Moeda Drachm
Composição Silver
Peso 17.31 g
Diâmetro 26 mm
Espessura
Formato Round (irregular)
Técnica Hammered
Orientação Variable alignment ↺
Gravador(es)
Em circulação até
Referência(s) HN Italy#2491, SNG Lockett#650, SNG Lloyd#684, SNG ANS 3#642, McClean#1865, De Luynes#790
Descrição do anverso Facing lion`s head, on brows, two circular elements each containing three pellets; retrograde K to left, laurel sprig to right. The lion of Rhegion`s coinage is the sacred animal of Apollo, patron god of colonisation.
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Descrição do reverso Male figure (Iokastos, or Aristaios) seated to left, holding sceptre in right hand, left hand resting behind on drapery tied around waist, serpent below seat; all within laurel wreath. The seated figure has no distinctive attributes that aid identification. Current interpretations attribute him as being Iokastos, son of Aiolos. Iokastos was king over much of Calabria. He died from a snake-bite according to Heraclides, a pupil of Plato. His brothers Pheraimon and Agathurnos were commemorated on coins of Messana and Tyndaris.
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Bordo
Casa da moeda
Tiragem ND (425 BC - 420 BC) - -
ID Numisquare 1725070040
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