Catalogue information

LastDodo number
7249645
Area
Coins
Title
Kebren, Troas Cebren, Troy) - Persian Empire AE10 400-300 BCE (unknown var.)
Face value
Year
-400
Variety / overstrike
Head of State
Type
Designer
Series
Theme
Material
Weight
1
Diameter
10
Thickness
Punch
Shape
Obverse
KEB
Reverse
Edge
Privy mark
Mint mark
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Unknown variation of BMC-17; SNG Copenhagen 261-266; CNG 64,
Details
Obv; "KEB" above barley kernel Rev; rams head right, or possibly a man's head left wearing Persian tiara The River Kebren was a tributary of the Skamandros (Scamander) whose headwaters lay in the foothills of Mount Ida near the town of Kebrene (Cebrene). Kebren may be the same as the river Heptaporos mentioned by Homer.

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