Archaios | Roman Provincial Troas ALLEXANDRIA GALLIENUS / Horse Grazing | i55.10

Description

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Description:
Roman Provincial Bronze Coin of Gallienus from Alexandria Troas. Circa 253-268 A.D
Obverse:
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Right.
IMP GALLIENVS A
Reverse:
Horse standing right with head down grazing.
COL AVG
above,
TRO
in exergue
Mint:
Alexandria, Troas
Size:
20 mm
Weight:
4.37 g
Ref:
SNG Copenhagen 205; SNG VanAulock 1486 var. (Legend)
Condition:
VF.  A Rare type with this Obv Legend.
As always, Please use the Pictures as your judge as grading is subjective.
Note:
Alexandria Troas ( or "Alexandria of the Troad")
was an ancient Greek city situated on the Aegean Sea near the northern tip of Turkey's western coast, a little south of Tenedos. The town was founded under the name Antigoneia, circ. B.C. 310, by Antigonus, who brought thither the inhabitants of Cebren, Colone, Hamaxitus, Neandria, and Scepsis. About B.C. 300 it was improved by Lysimachus, and re-named Alexandreia.
The
Troad or Troas
is the historical name of the Biga Peninsula (modern Turkish: Biga Yarımadası) in the northwestern part of Anatolia, Turkey. This region now is part of the Çanakkale province of Turkey. Bounded by the Dardanelles to the northwest, by the Aegean Sea to the west and separated from the rest of Anatolia by the massif that forms Mount Ida, the Troad is drained by two main rivers, the Scamander (Karamenderes) and the Simois, which join at the area containing the ruins of Troy.
The Troad gets its name from the Hittites' name for the region, Taruiša
. Greek settlements flourished in Troas during the Archaic and Classical ages, as evidenced by the number of Greek poleis that coined money in their own names. The region was part of the satrapy (province) of Hellespontine Phrygia of the Achaemenid Empire until its conquest by Alexander the Great.
As the chief port of north-west Asia Minor, the place prospered greatly in Roman times, becoming a "free and autonomous city" as early as 188 BC, and the existing remains sufficiently attest its former importance. In its heyday the city may have had a population of about 100,000.
Strabo mentions that a Roman colony was created at the location in the reign of Augustus, named Colonia Alexandria Augusta Troas (called simply Troas during this period). This matches the colonial legend on this coin.
Augustus, Hadrian and the rich grammarian Herodes Atticus contributed greatly to its embellishment; the aqueduct still preserved is due to the latter. Constantine considered making Troas the capital of the Roman Empire. In Roman times, it was a significant port for travelling between Anatolia and Europe. Paul of Tarsus (Apostle Paul from the Bible) sailed for Europe for the first time from Alexandria Troas and returned there from Europe (it was there that the episode of the raising of Eutychus later occurred).It is also noted that Ignatius of Antioch (an early christian writer and bishop of Antioch) also paused at this city before continuing to his martyrdom at Rome.
Some Excerpts From Head, Hist. Num., and Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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