bgr_407221 - TROAS - CEBRENE Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 350-310 AC.
Mint name / Town : Kebren, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 10 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 0,97 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale décentré au droit sur la tête d’Apollon. Jolie tête de bélier au revers. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs.
Reverse
Reverse description : Tête de bélier à droite.
Reverse legend : [K].
Reverse translation : (Kebren).
Commentary
Droit et revers semblent inversés par rapport à la normale.
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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