bgr_857398 - TROAS - ASSOS Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Assos, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 1,09 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée présentant une très jolie tête de taureau. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d’Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque attique avec cimier.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête de taureau (bucrane) surmonté d’une grappe de raisin.
Reverse legend : AS/SI.
Reverse translation : (d’Assos).
Historical background
TROAS - ASSOS
(5th - 3rd century BC)
The city of Assos was located on the Gulf of Adramytion west of Antandros, opposite the island of Lesbos. Founded in the 7th century by lesbian settlers, it successively came under Lydian and then Persian domination. After the Persian Wars, it joined the Delos League and became a tributary of Athens. The city reached its peak in the 4th century BC under the direction of Eubulus, then of the philosopher Hermias, who brought Aristotle there in 347 BC. The city was incorporated into the kingdom of Pergamum in 241 BC before becoming part of the province of Asia after 133 BC.
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