Savoca Coins
Online Auction 35 | Silver 3 Aug 2019
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Mysia. Thebe (or Hypoplakia) circa 400-300 BC.
Bronze Æ
9 mm., 0,82 g.
Female head (Demeter ?) to right, hair bound in sakkos, and wreathed with corn ears / ΘΗΒ-A, forepart of Pegasos with curled wing to right.
nearly very fine
BMC Mysia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Tübingen -; SNG France -; SNG Turkey I, -; Slg. Winterthur -; Slg. Klein -; Stauber, Adramytteion, pg.243, 2a; Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques, pg.247, 95c.
Thebe was a famous ancient town in Mysia, at the southern foot of Mount Placius, which is often mentioned by Homer as governed by Eetion, the father of Andromache. The town is said to have been destroyed during the Trojan War by Achilles, but its name remained celebrated throughout antiquity, being attached to the neighbouring plain, which was famed for its fertility.
Bronze Æ
9 mm., 0,82 g.
Female head (Demeter ?) to right, hair bound in sakkos, and wreathed with corn ears / ΘΗΒ-A, forepart of Pegasos with curled wing to right.
nearly very fine
BMC Mysia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Tübingen -; SNG France -; SNG Turkey I, -; Slg. Winterthur -; Slg. Klein -; Stauber, Adramytteion, pg.243, 2a; Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies Grecques, pg.247, 95c.
Thebe was a famous ancient town in Mysia, at the southern foot of Mount Placius, which is often mentioned by Homer as governed by Eetion, the father of Andromache. The town is said to have been destroyed during the Trojan War by Achilles, but its name remained celebrated throughout antiquity, being attached to the neighbouring plain, which was famed for its fertility.