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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Troas| > GB33451
Gergis, Troas, c. 320 - 270 B.C.
|Troas|, |Gergis,| |Troas,| |c.| |320| |-| |270| |B.C.|, Gergis, on the north of the river Scamnander in Troas, was believed by some to have been the birthplace of the Sibyl. After Herakles slew his wife and children in a fit induced by Hera, Sybil Herophile told him that as penance he was must to carry out twelve tasks set by his arch-enemy, Eurystheus, who had become King in his stead. In the mid-third century B.C., King Attalus of Pergamon transplanted the inhabitants of Gergis to a place called Gergetha or Gergithion, near Larissa in Cyme.
GB33451. Bronze AE 13, SNG Cop 338, SNG Munchen 200, SNG Turkey 9 545, VF, green patina, Gergis (near Karinkali, Turkey) mint, weight 1.841g, maximum diameter 13.1mm, die axis 0o, c. 320 - 270 B.C.; obverse facing head of Sibyl Herophile, turned slightly right, wearing laurel wreath and pendanted necklace; reverse sphinx seated right, curved wing raised upward, ΓEP downward on right; SOLD











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