bgr_239412 - TROAS - CEBRENE Unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 75.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 350-310 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kebren, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,98 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit buste. Beau portrait d’Apollon avec un minuscule manque de métal dans la chevelure. Joli revers. Patine noire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : K.
Obverse description : Tête de bélier à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs.
Commentary
Semble de mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection van Aulock (n° 5550, pl. 48).
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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