bgr_857674 - TROAS - CEBRENE Tritartemorion
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Type : Tritartemorion
Date: c. 510-480 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kebren, Troade
Metal : silver
Diameter : 6,5 mm
Weight : 0,27 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Superbe bélier, finement détaillé. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de bélier à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Carré creux quadripartite.
Commentary
Ce type est décrit comme une obole, il s’agit en fait d’un tritartemorion (3/8 d’obole) d’après son poids .
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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