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A bronze coin of Alexandreia in Troas showing the herdsman Ordes with a pedum Coin Type: Bronze AE21 of Alexandreia Troas.
Mint and Date: Alexandreia Troas, 189-268 CE.
Size and Weight: 21mm, 5.22g
Obverse: CO ALEX TRO
Turreted and draped bust of city goddess Alexandria Troas right. Behind, vexillum.
Reverse: (COL) AV (TROAC)
The herdsman Ordes, in short dress and wearing boots, advancing left, holding pedum over left shoulder, right hand raised; behind him a bull leaping right, head turned left; in left field, cult-statue of Apollo Smintheus lying inside grotto; on top, Apollo Smintheus standing right.
Provenance: ancientcaesar (eBay), March 2010.
Ref: Bellinger A480 (type 19); BMC 41.
BW Ref: 004 054 000
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Note: See this link for discussion of the meaning of the name: Forum Numiswiki article on Apollo Smintheus.

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