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14C038
TROAS, ILIUM
AR Tetradrachm (16.74gm)
after 189 BC.

Helmeted head of Athena right / Athena Ilias standing right, holding spear and distaff, owl before, winged caduceus behind. Bellinger 17.

Rare. The city of Ilium was founded in the seventh century B.C. on the ruins of ancient Troy. It was famed for its temple of Athena, which was visited both by the Persian Great King Xerxes and by Alexander the Great.
Pleasing style. bold Very Fine $5,500
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