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A bronze coin of Istros showing the horned head of the river god. Coin Type: Bronze AE10 of Istros in Thrace.
Mint and Date: Istros, 3rd-2nd Century BCE.
Size and Weight: 8mm x 10mm, 2.70g
Obverse: Horned and bearded head of the river-god Istros, facing 3/4 right.
Reverse: IΣTPI
Sea-eagle standing left on dolphin left, which it attacks with its beak.
Provenance: Swapped from Reid Goldsborough, December 2008
Ref: GCV 1672; SNG BM Black Sea 260.
BW Ref: 001 040 136
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Note: The town of Istros was at the mouth of the river Istros (Ister in Latin), now the Danube. The river-god was a man-headed bull.

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