E-auction 633-630628 - TROAS - GERGIS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Troade, Gergis
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,56 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli sphinx. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de la Sibylle Hiérophile laurée, tournée de trois quarts de face à droite avec un grand collier.
Reverse
Reverse description : Sphinx assis à droite, les ailes repliées.
Reverse legend : GER
Commentary
Ce type appartient bien à la même série que les monnaies divisionnaires suivantes et doit bien être daté dans la seconde moitié du IVe siècle avant J.-C..
Historical background
TROAS - GERGIS
(4th century BC)
Gergis was not very far from Ilion (Troy) and is certainly confused with the site of Bali-Dagh (Klio 1909, p.10). Attalus I of Pergame installed the inhabitants of Gergis in a new city after 241 BC..
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