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E-auction 249-171890 - bgr_463352 - TROAS - GARGARA Huitième d’unité

TROAS - GARGARA Huitième d’unité AU
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 42 €
Maximum bid : 42 €
End of the sale : 22 January 2018 14:03:00
bidders : 10 bidders
Type : Huitième d’unité
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Gargara, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 9 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,67 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré. Belle tête d’Apollon. Cheval bien venu au revers. Très belle patine vert foncé lissée

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.

Reverse


Reverse description : Cheval libre galopant à droite ; un foudre au-dessous.
Reverse legend : GAR.
Reverse translation : (Gargara).

Commentary


C’est l’une des plus petites monnaies divisionnaires de cette collection. Cet exemplaire est reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Pierre Strauss, Collection Maurice Laffaille. Monnaies grecques en bronze, p. 112, n° 449.

Historical background


TROAS - GARGARA

(4th century BC)

Gargara, a coastal city of Troad, on the Gulf of Adramytion was located halfway between Antandros and Assos. Its territory was renowned for the fertility of its soil.

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