bgr_420011 - TROAS - BIRYTIS Quart d’unité
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Price : 195.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 195.00 €
Type : Quart d’unité
Date: c. 350-300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Birytis, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,45 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré. Très belle tête de Cabire. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête barbue de Kabeiros (Cabire) à gauche, coiffé du pilos (pileus).
Reverse
Reverse description : Massue dans une couronne d’olivier.
Reverse legend : B-I/R-U
Commentary
Exemplaire de très beau style.
Historical background
TROAS - BIRYTIS
(4th century BC)
We know nothing about this city, which has now disappeared, apart from the fact that a coinage is attested in the 4th century BC. But it was perhaps located not far from Gargara on the Gulf of Adramytion.
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