Live auction - bgr_441282 - TROAS - ABYDOS Tétradrachme stéphanophore

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Estimate :	1 500 €
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Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	12 September 2017 14:23:11

Type : Tétradrachme stéphanophore

Date: c. 80-70 AC.

Mint name / Town : Abydos, Troade

Metal : silver

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 16,43 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire a été acquis en mai 1993 et provient de Conseils Placements

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d’Artémis à droite avec l’arc et le carquois sur l’épaule ; grènetis perlé circulaire.

Reverse

Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite sur une ligne de sol, les ailes déployées ; devant, dans le champ à droite, un épi de blé; le tout dans une couronne de laurier.

Reverse legend : ABUD/H/NWN// (MH)TRODW/ROU.

Reverse translation : (d’Abydos/ Métrodore).

Commentary

Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la vente Classical Numismatic Group 97, n° 162. Frappé avec un coin rouillé au droit, présentant un début de cassure de coin dans le grènetis derrière la tête.

Historical background

TROAS - ABYDOS

(2nd century BC)

Abydos, located on the Hellespont, opposite Sestos, was a colony of Miletus. The city is supposed to have been a center of emission very early from the end of the 6th century BC. At the end of the first Macedonian war, Abydos would have been declared a free city (Livy XXXIII. 30). But in fact, it was certainly after the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC that Abydos, like the other cities of Asia Minor, became independent. Abydos retains some importance under Roman rule because of its geographical position at the entrance to the Straits.