bgr_513659 - TROAS - BIRYTIS Huitième d’unité
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Type : Huitième d’unité
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Birytis, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 9 mm
Weight : 0,93 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête de Cabire au droit. Revers inhabituel. Jolie patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue de Kabeiros (Cabire) à droite, coiffé du pilos (pileus).
Reverse
Reverse description : Triskèle formé de trois croissants.
Reverse legend : B-I/RU.
Commentary
Exemplaire de très beau style.
Historical background
TROAS - BIRYTIS
(4th century BC)
We know nothing about this city, which has now disappeared, apart from the fact that a coinage is attested in the 4th century BC. But it was perhaps located not far from Gargara on the Gulf of Adramytion.
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