bgr_991022 - TROAS - SKEPSIS Demi-unité
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Type : Demi-unité
Date: c. 350-310 AC
Mint name / Town : Skepsis, Troade
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,07 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Laffaille- - GC.4138 var. - Aulock- - BMC.16 - Cop.478 - B. traité- pl. 165/19 - SNG. Bar704 - Münich329
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : protomé de cheval ailé (Pégase ?) à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Sapin à six branches dans un carré creux linéaire.
Reverse legend : S-K
Reverse translation : (Skepsis).
Historical background
TROAS - SKEPSIS
(5th - 4th century BC).
Scepsis located on the Scamandre about thirty kilometers from the city of Scamandre, was a city in the heart of the Troad. The city was abandoned in 310 BC to found Antigoneia. After the battle of Ipsos and the death of Antigone, Lysimachus gave it the name of Alexandreia. He authorized before the end of his reign, the inhabitants who wished to return to their city of origin.
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