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Obolos 15

24 May 2020
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Starting Price: 50 CHF
Hammer Price:  71 CHF
Lot 327

TROAS. Dardanos. Early 5th century BC. Obol (Silver, 8.5 mm, 0.68 g). Rooster standing to left. Rev. Cross-hatch design. Klein 303. With a very unusual reverse. Obverse slightly off-center, otherwise, good very fine.



Dardanos used the cock as its symbol on its early coinage, perhaps because of that animal’s relation to the sunrise or because of a lost myth connecting it with the Dardanians, an ancient people who supposedly lived in this area and were closely connected to the Trojans (Tros was the grandson of their eponymous founder, Dardanos).

Online bidding closes: 24 May 2020, 17:43:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 22:46:10 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:71 CHF by spiegs91 (3 bids)
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