Troas, Abydos Diobol 500-480 BC (No reserve price)

Troas, Abydos.
500-480 BC.
Diobol (Silver, 11.65 mm, 1.1 g).

Obv: Eagle with closed wings standing left.
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.

Reference: SNG Ashmolean 953. SNG Copenhagen 1-2. SNG von Aulock 1.

Abydos was an important Greek city of the Troad, strategically situated on the Asian shore of the Hellespont. Its position opposite Sestos gave it control over one of antiquity’s most vital maritime crossings between the Aegean and Black Sea. Abydos prospered through trade and tolls and played a prominent role in Persian, Greek and later Hellenistic conflicts, remaining a key gateway between Europe and Asia.

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