bgr_721053 - TROAS - ABYDOS Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 340-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Abydos, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais bien centré à l’usure régulière. Surfrappe et type original sont encore discernables. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête tourelée d’Artémis à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite, tournant la tête à gauche ; devant, un épis.
Reverse legend : ABU
Reverse translation : (d’Abydos).
Commentary
Représentation inhabituelle de l’aigle au revers. Surfrappé comme l’exemplaire du British Museum (BMC. 38) sur un autre bronze de la cité d’Abydos (GC. 416 = SNG von Aulock 1448.
Historical background
TROAS - ABYDOS
(4th - 3rd century BC)
Abydos, located on the Hellespont, opposite Sestos, was a colony of Miletus. The city is supposed to have been a center of emission very early from the end of the 6th century BC. At the end of the first Macedonian war, Abydos would have been declared a free city (Livy XXXIII. 30). But in fact, it was certainly after the Peace of Apamea in 188 BC that Abydos, like the other cities of Asia Minor, became independent. Abydos retains some importance under Roman rule because of its geographical position at the entrance to the Straits.
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