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bgr_287299 - TROAS - ASSOS Demi-unité

TROAS - ASSOS Demi-unité XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 145.00 €
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Assos, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,32 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait d’Athéna. Joli revers de style fin, bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
BMC.9 var. - Cop.-  - GC.4051 var. - Aulock-

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique avec cimier.

Reverse

Reverse description : Tête de taureau (bucrane) surmonté d’un canthare.
Reverse legend : AS/SI.
Reverse translation : (d’Assos).

Commentary

Ce type de bronze existe avec d’autres symboles (tête de lion ou caducée). Cependant semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux avec le canthare. C’est la première fois que nous proposons ce type à la vente.

Historical background

TROAS - ASSOS

(5th - 3rd century BC)

The city of Assos was located on the Gulf of Adramytion west of Antandros, opposite the island of Lesbos. Founded in the 7th century by lesbian settlers, it successively came under Lydian and then Persian domination. After the Persian Wars, it joined the Delos League and became a tributary of Athens. The city reached its peak in the 4th century BC under the direction of Eubulus, then of the philosopher Hermias, who brought Aristotle there in 347 BC. The city was incorporated into the kingdom of Pergamum in 241 BC before becoming part of the province of Asia after 133 BC.

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