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bgr_451399 - TROAS - SKEPSIS Demi-unité

TROAS - SKEPSIS Demi-unité AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 175.00 €
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 400-350 AC
Mint name / Town : Skepsis, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 9 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 0,78 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage sur un petit flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Droit magnifique, finement détaillé. Revers de style fin. Très jolie patine verte
Catalogue references :
Laffaille-  - GC.4134  - Aulock-  - BMC.7  - Cop.  - B. traité-  - SNG. Bar704  - Münich329

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : protomé de cheval ailé (Pégase) à droite.

Reverse

Reverse description : Sapin à six branches dans un carré creux linéaire.

Commentary

Poids léger. Est la plus petite division pour la période. Semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background

TROAS - SKEPSIS

(5th - 4th century BC).

Scepsis located on the Scamandre about thirty kilometers from the city of Scamandre, was a city in the heart of the Troad. The city was abandoned in 310 BC to found Antigoneia. After the battle of Ipsos and the death of Antigone, Lysimachus gave it the name of Alexandreia. He authorized before the end of his reign, the inhabitants who wished to return to their city of origin.

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