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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Troas| > JD73131
Abydos, Troas, c. 320 - 200 B.C.
|Troas|, |Abydos,| |Troas,| |c.| |320| |-| |200| |B.C.|, Leander fell in love with Hero and would swim every night across the Hellespont to be with her. Hero would light a lamp at the top of her tower to guide his way. Succumbing to Leander's soft words and to his argument that Venus, as the goddess of love, would scorn the worship of a virgin, Hero allowed him to make love to her. These trysts lasted through the warm summer. But one stormy winter night, the waves tossed Leander in the sea and the breezes blew out Hero's light. Leander lost his way and was drowned. When Hero saw his dead body, she threw herself over the edge of the tower to her death to be with him.
JD73131. Bronze AE 11, SNG Cop 4; cf. BMC Troas p. 5, 47 (AE13, star right on rev, etc.), SNG Munchen 25 var. (same), F, Troas, Abydos (near Canakkale, Turkey) mint, weight 1.183g, maximum diameter 11.4mm, die axis 0o, c. 320 - 200 B.C.; obverse diademed (or laureate) head of Artemis (or Apollo) right, quiver on shoulder behind; reverse eagle standing right, ABY upper left; rare; SOLD




  







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