bgr_696660 - TROAS - CEBRENE Obole
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Type : Obole
Date: c. 510-480 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kebren, Troade
Metal : silver
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Weight : 0,87 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Jolie tête de bélier. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE RÉTROGRADE.
Obverse description : Tête de bélier à droite.
Obverse legend : KEBR
Obverse translation : (Kebren).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite.
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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