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Live auction - bgr_413642 - TROAS - GERGIS Demi-unité

TROAS - GERGIS Demi-unité AU/AU
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Estimate : 250 €
Price : no bid
Maximum bid : no bid
End of the sale : 31 January 2017 14:13:07
Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Gergis, Troade,
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan parfaitement centré au droit, légèrement échancré à 7 heures. Magnifique portrait de la Sibylle. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine vert olive foncé avec une petite oxydation au revers sur le sphinx
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de la Sibylle Hiérophile laurée, tournée de trois quarts de face à droite avec un grand collier.

Reverse


Reverse description : Sphinx assis à droite, les ailes repliées.
Reverse legend : GER.
Reverse translation : (Gergis).

Commentary


Ce type appartient bien à la même série que les monnaies divisionnaires suivantes et doit bien être daté dans la seconde moitié du IVe siècle avant J.-C..

Historical background


TROAS - GERGIS

(4th century BC)

Gergis was not very far from Ilion (Troy) and is certainly confused with the site of Bali-Dagh (Klio 1909, p.10). Attalus I of Pergame installed the inhabitants of Gergis in a new city after 241 BC..

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