bgr_711488 - TROAS - OPHRYNION Demi-unité

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Type : Demi-unité

Date: c. 350-300 AC.

Mint name / Town : Troade, Ophrynion

Metal : copper

Diameter : 10,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,01 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine verte

Catalogue references :

Laffaille457 - BMC.5 - GC.4124 - Cop.456 - Aulock1559 - B. traité- pl. 167/14 - SNG. Bar-

Obverse

Obverse description : Tête barbue d’Hector de trois quarts de face à droite, coiffée du casque phrygien à triple aigrette, les paragnathides relevées.

Reverse

Reverse description : Dionysos enfant agenouillé à droite, le bras gauche appuyé sur le sol et tenant de la main droite tendue, une grappe de raisin.

Reverse legend : OFRU

Reverse translation : (Ophrynion).

Commentary

Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.

Historical background

TROAS - OPHRYNION

(4th century BC)

Ophrynion was a small city located between Dardanos and Rhoeteium, famous for its sacred grove dedicated to Hector. It is the hero of the Trojan War, son of Priam, brother of Paris, struck down in single combat by Achilles who, after having killed him to avenge his friend Patroclus, dragged the body of the Trojan hero around the walls of the city..

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