Live auction - bgr_564213 - TROAS - ABYDOS Hemidrachme
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 310 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 March 2020 14:17:51 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: c. 340-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Abydos, Troade
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 2,61 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés. Très belle tête d’Apollon. Joli revers de toute beauté. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche ; devant, dans le champ à gauche, un canthare, derrière une feuille de vigne.
Reverse legend : ABU// ANAXIKLHS
Reverse translation : (d’Abydos/ Anaxiclès).
Commentary
Exemplaire parfaitement centré et complet des deux côtés.
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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