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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |Anatolia| > |Troas| > GB89725
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.
GB89725. Bronze AE 21, SNG Turkey 9 543, SNG Cop -, SNG Munchen -, SNGvA -, BMC Troas -, Choice VF, attractive style, strike and green patina, light marks, light earthen deposits at edge, Gergis (near Karinkali, Turkey) mint, weight 8.820g, maximum diameter 20.9mm, die axis 180o, c. 320 - 270 B.C.; obverse head of Sibyl Herophile facing, slightly right; reverse Sphinx with curved wings seated right, curved wing raised upward, monogram behind, ΓEP downward on right; SOLD











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