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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


Coin ID #72

Gargara (BC 500-475) Obol

ca 500-475 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.54g) Female head left, hair bound in sakkos, ΓΑΡ behind / Quadripartite incuse square. Good VF, slight flan bend. Apparently unpublished.

The location of this issue is based on the ethnic, but the style places it a at least a half century before the accepted date for the earliest coinage of Gargara.

File information
Filename:670650.jpg
City/Mint name:Gargara
Rating (8 votes):00000
Keywords:silver / archaic
References:BMC Troas -; SNG Cop. -; SNG von Aulock -; Traite -; Klein -; Rosen -
Valuation:CNG Auc. 67, lot 650 ($1,100 + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Classical Numismatic Group - www.cngcoins.com
Filesize:59 KiB
Date added:Dec 03, 2004
Dimensions:500 x 248 pixels
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