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bgr_486535 - TROAS - CEBRENE Unité

TROAS - CEBRENE Unité XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 350-310 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cebren, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 7,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Jolie patine verte
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock de Numismatik Neumann et de la collection Laurent F

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de bélier à droite ; au-dessous, aigle debout à droite.

Reverse


Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse legend : K - E.
Reverse translation : (Cebren).

Commentary


C’est la plus grande dénomination de bronze frappé pour la cité.

Historical background


TROAS - CEBRENE

(5th - 4th century BC)

Cebren or Kebren was a city state located inland between Ilion and Antandros. The city was abandoned by its inhabitants at the end of the 4th century in order to go and found Alexandria of Troas in 310 BC at the instigation of Antigone le Borgne. As for the city of Cebren, it was renamed Antiocheia in honor of Antiochus I, Seleucid king.

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