bgr_237574 - TROAS - SKEPSIS Obole
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 145.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 145.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 450
Mint name / Town : Troade, Skepsis
Metal : silver
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 0,65 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un tout petit flan, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Joli droit. Revers finement détaillé. Patine grise superficielle avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : protomé de cheval à droite.
Obverse legend : [SKEYI]ON
Reverse
Reverse legend : N-E (RÉTROGRADE).
Reverse description : palmier dans une double carré, linéaire et globulé ; le tout dans un carré creux.
Commentary
Poids léger. Divisionnaire très rare. Normalement, au droit, nous avons un protomé de cheval ailé excepté pour une hemiobole du musée de Copenhague (Cop. 469) qui présente seulement une tête et cou de cheval.
Light weight. Very rare divisional. Normally, on the obverse, we have a winged horse protome except for a hemiobol from the Copenhagen Museum (Cop. 469) which only has a horse's head and neck
Light weight. Very rare divisional. Normally, on the obverse, we have a winged horse protome except for a hemiobol from the Copenhagen Museum (Cop. 469) which only has a horse's head and neck
Historical background
TROAS - SKEPSIS
(5th - 4th century BC).
Scepsis located on the Scamandre about thirty kilometers from the city of Scamandre, was a city in the heart of the Troad. The city was abandoned in 310 BC to found Antigoneia. After the battle of Ipsos and the death of Antigone, Lysimachus gave it the name of Alexandreia. He authorized before the end of his reign, the inhabitants who wished to return to their city of origin.
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