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Live auction - bgr_716374 - TROAS - GERGIS Unité

TROAS - GERGIS Unité XF/AU
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 75 €
Maximum bid : 75 €
End of the sale : 25 January 2022 14:15:25
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Unité
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Troade, Gergis
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,76 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Métal piqué, notamment au droit. Très beau sphinx au revers. 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.

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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