bgr_720411 - TROAS - CEBRENE Quart d’unité
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Type : Quart d’unité
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kebren, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 9,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,88 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli revers. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Tête d’un satrape à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONOGRAMME (KE) RÉTROGRADE.
Reverse translation : (Kebren).
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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