bgr_806977 - TROAS - BIRYTIS Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Birytis, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 5,81 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
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 : R-I/B-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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