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Katalognummer: Adramytteion
Durchmesser: 11,00 mm
weight 1,32gr. | bronze Ø 11mm.
obv. Laureate portrait of Zeus facing
rev. Eagle standing left on altar, AA above
The city Adramytteion was a coastal town, located Northwest of Pergamon. A legend tell us that the city was founded by Adramys, a brother of the Lydian King Kroisos. The city is also mentioned in the New Testament (acts 27:2) when Apostle Paul whished to take a ship from Adramytteion to Sidon. Today it is the Turkish seaside resort of Edremit.
BMC- | SNG.Copenhagen- | SNG.von Aulock| Slg.Klein 249
von Fritze pag.10,5 (Pl.I,6) Babelon, Traité 2519 (Pl.170,16) RR
Light traces of oxidation. Dark patina. Very rare.
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