Castor and Pollux Coin
Denomination: Drachm
Ruler: Greek City-States
Mint: Moesia
Country: Istros or Thrace (Northern Greece)
DatE: 400-350 B.C.
Metal: Silver
Framing: 14k & Diamonds: .12ct G-H SI1
Certificate: 7909-01
Obverse: Two young male heads facing, side by side, one upright, the other inverted.
Reverse: Sea eagle grasping dolphin with talons and attaching with its beak, above, IETPIH.
The curious two young male heads one upright and one inverted has been variously interpreted as the rising and setting of the sun; as representing Castor and Pollux, the Dioscuri; as the personifications of beginnings and endings, past and future.
Denomination: Drachm
Ruler: Greek City-States
Mint: Moesia
Country: Istros or Thrace (Northern Greece)
DatE: 400-350 B.C.
Metal: Silver
Framing: 14k & Diamonds: .12ct G-H SI1
Certificate: 7909-01
Obverse: Two young male heads facing, side by side, one upright, the other inverted.
Reverse: Sea eagle grasping dolphin with talons and attaching with its beak, above, IETPIH.
The curious two young male heads one upright and one inverted has been variously interpreted as the rising and setting of the sun; as representing Castor and Pollux, the Dioscuri; as the personifications of beginnings and endings, past and future.
Denomination: Drachm
Ruler: Greek City-States
Mint: Moesia
Country: Istros or Thrace (Northern Greece)
DatE: 400-350 B.C.
Metal: Silver
Framing: 14k & Diamonds: .12ct G-H SI1
Certificate: 7909-01
Obverse: Two young male heads facing, side by side, one upright, the other inverted.
Reverse: Sea eagle grasping dolphin with talons and attaching with its beak, above, IETPIH.
The curious two young male heads one upright and one inverted has been variously interpreted as the rising and setting of the sun; as representing Castor and Pollux, the Dioscuri; as the personifications of beginnings and endings, past and future.