bgr_940625 - TROAS - BIRYTIS Quart d’unité
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Type : Quart d’unité
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Birytis, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,39 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Superbe portrait au droit. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe de Kabeiros (Cabire) à gauche, coiffé du pilos (pileus) surmonté de deux étoiles à huit rais.
Reverse
Reverse description : Massue dans une couronne d’olivier.
Reverse legend : B-I/R-U.
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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