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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2323091, member: 44132&quot;]Actually, I purchased this coin in the middle of last month, just before the deaths in the family and before the holidays, but it just arrived yesterday.&nbsp; It is a style I have been wanting for a long time, but never found one within my budget or one I could be 100% certain of it&#039;s authenticity.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]469881[/ATTACH] </p><p>THRACE, ISTROS</p><p>AR Drachm</p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Facing male heads, the left inverted (Polydeuces Castor and Pollucs (AKA Dioskuri)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; Sea-eagle left, grasping dolphin with talons; ISTRIH above, Q between wing and tail, K beneath dolphin</p><p>Struck at Istros, 400-300BC&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>5.3g, 19mm&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>AMNG 434</p><p><br /></p><p>From the seller:</p><p>Histria or Istros (Ancient Greek: Ἰστρίη, Thracian river god, Danube), was a Greek colony or polis (πόλις, city) near the mouths of the Danube (known as Ister in Ancient Greek), on the western coast of the Black Sea. Established by Milesian settlers in order to facilitate trade with the native Getae, it is considered the oldest urban settlement on Romanian territory. Scymnus of Chios (ca 110 BC), dated its founding to 630 BC, while Eusebius of Caesarea set it during the time of the 33rd Olympic Games (657 – 656 BC). The earliest documented currency on Romanian territory was an 8-gram silver drachma, issued by the city around 480 BC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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