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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Troas| > GB77994
Abydos, Troas, c. 320 - 200 B.C.
|Troas|, |Abydos,| |Troas,| |c.| |320| |-| |200| |B.C.|, Abydos is located on the Asiatic shore of the Hellespont (Dardanelles), at the shortest crossing point, scarcely a mile across from Sestus on the European side. In the Iliad, Abydos was an ally of the Trojans (Iliad ii.836) and it is the mythical home of Leander. Persians occupied it in 514 B.C. and Darius burned it in 512. When he invaded Greece in 480 B.C., Xerxes built his two bridges of boats across the strait from Abydos. Abydos became a member of the Delian League, but revolted against Athens in 411 B.C. It allied itself to Sparta, until 394 B.C. Then it passed under Achaemenid rule until 334. Alexander the Great threw a spear to Abydos while crossing the strait and claimed Asia as his own. Abydos is celebrated for the vigorous resistance it made against Philip V of Macedon in 200 B.C. The city minted coins from the early fifth century B.C. to the mid-third century A.D.
GB77994. Bronze AE 11, SNG Cop 33 ff. var.; SNG Munchen 18 var., SNGvA 7538 var.; SNG Tüb 2516 var., Weber 5270 var., BMC Troas - (none with this control symbol), VF, very nice for the type, Troas, Abydos (near Canakkale, Turkey) mint, weight 1.750g, maximum diameter 10.8mm, die axis 90o, c. 320 - 200 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right; reverse ABY, eagle standing right, wings closed, head right, amphora (control symbol) right; from the Butte College Foundation, ex Lindgren; SOLD




  







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