bgr_867179 - TROAS - CEBRENE Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 395-377 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cebren, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,21 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie bien centrée. Jolies têtes. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Tête de bélier à droite.
Commentary
Un des plus petites dénominations frappées
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Historical background
TROAS - CEBRENE
(5th - 4th century BC)
Cebren or Kebren was a city state located inland between Ilion and Antandros. The city was abandoned by its inhabitants at the end of the 4th century in order to go and found Alexandria of Troas in 310 BC at the instigation of Antigone le Borgne. As for the city of Cebren, it was renamed Antiocheia in honor of Antiochus I, Seleucid king.
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