SOME REMARKS CONCERNING THE WEIGHTS STANDARDS OF APOLLO, "RIVER-GOD" AND DEMETRA BRONZE COIN-TYPES STRUCK BY THE MINT OF HISTRIA DURING THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD

Gabriel Talmaţchi
National History and Archaeological Museum Constantza

The author analyzes, from metrological point of view the weight-standards used to strike three of the main types issued by the Histrian mint during the autonomous period:

  1. With the head of Apollo
  2. With "River-God" head (Istrus)
  3. With the head of Demeter.

The three monetary types are known in various "denominations" and weight-standards

Based on the metrological and stylistical analyses made on several coins, the author proposes a new classification and chronological scheme.