WHEEL MONEY: COIN OF HISTRIA
Wheel money /wheel coin/, 500-400 BC: ancient city Istros
Histria (or Istros) — ancient Greek colony (polis) founded by Milesian settlers near the mouths of the river Danube (known as Ister in Ancient Greek), on the western coast of the Black Sea; nowadays — Romania.
Greek letters ΙΣΤ (abbreviation for ISTROS).
- Bronze: 13 mm - 1.53 g
- Reference price: 5$
COIN WHEEL MONEY — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
- GREEK COLONY HISTRIA (500-400 BC)
Cast ancient coin in the form of a wheel (according to another version, less likely, the coin is made in the form of the sun).
"Wheel money" is the conditional name of a coin (common among numismatists); real denomination unknown.
